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As we use so before adjective like "the movie is so interesting," but can I say negative way like "the movie is not so interesting" means I want to say someone the movie not good?

ColleenV
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Meraj hussain
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  • Yes, you can say that. For future questions, you may prefer to ask on our sister site, [ELL.se], which is dedicated to helping people learn English as a foreign language. Despite its name, this site is for more academic questions of English than practical ones. – Dan Bron Jan 02 '17 at 19:22

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Yes, this is perfectly acceptable.

"That movie was so boring!"
"Really? I thought it was not so bad."

"This dress looks so tight on you. Isn't it uncomfortable?"
"No, it's not so uncomfortable."

Andrew
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You are almost correct, the problem is

so not
not so

are not commutative.

The movie is so interesting.
the movie has a high degree of being interesting.

The movie is not so interesting.
the movie has a low degree of being interesting.

The movie is so not interesting.
The movie is so uninteresting.
the movie has a high degree of being uninteresting.

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