Quote Originally Posted by Helenej View Post
How come? I can hear “She is so beautiful” and like this at every step!

I know about comparisons. Yet I have a question on them, too. Is “That blue dress is not so elegant as the red dress” that common also?
The use of "so" in that sentence would be correct...it expresses that the adjective is noted to a great degree. Similar to "чрезвычайно". The use of "so" as a means of comparison is improper. There you're mistaking the word "so" for the word "as". To write that sentence, one would say,"That blue dress is not as elegant as the red dress." It's a common mistake, really. We have a term called "rednecks" which basically means "uneducated". One sounds "redneck" to say "That dress is not so elegant as..."...lol.