SO,
VERY, and TOO all of them are adverbs of intensifiers as they are used to intensify a sentence.
Being from the same family of adverbs of intensifiers, there is a vast
difference among them. Sometimes, learners face confusion in using them in
their sentences, but they will never meet the difficulty after reading this
article.
We
use
SO
in a positive sentence. In other words, we can say, if we want to
show positivity in a sentence, then there we will use So.
Example:
◘ Manveer
is so
handsome. (Here, so shows the positivity
of Manveer’s personality; for this reason, so
is used in the sentence).
◘ That
Baby boy is so
cute. (Baby boy is adorable. Thus we are using so in the sentence).
Study: What is a rephrasing of Passive voice?
Unlike,
TOO
is used negatively. As too always manifests negativity or disliking in a
sentence.
Example:
◘ Today
the weather in Karachi is too hot. (Today, the heat of Karachi is
unbearable, which undoubtedly shows the negativity in the sentence; thus, “too”
is appropriate to be used here).
◘ The
days are passing too quickly. ( The days are passing more than the
expectation, which certainly manifests the negativity in the sentence. Therefore,
too is used in the sentence).
NOTE:
There are other uses of TOO as well. Another meaning of “TOO” is “ALSO.” So we
also use "TOO" in place of also.
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SO
& VERY
So and very both
are used for showing the positivity in the sentence; however, so
makes the sentence a bit more emphatic than very. Thus, to make a sentence more emphatic or, in simple
words, make it more intensifying, we use so
rather than very.
Examples:
◘ Mahinder
is very handsome.
◘ Mahinder
is so handsome. (This sentence makes
a bit more emphatic than the above one).
◘ Ahmed’s
house is very big.
◘ Ahmed’s
house is so big.
NOTE:
Here, so is used as an adverb. However,
it is also used as a conjunction. Thus, do not relate this so with coordinating conjunction.
TAKE AN ONLINE ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZ
