can you help me with these english questions?

1. Very is a more powerful description of so

2. Yes

3. You can say "I am pretty sad" as in "quite sad" and there is pretty as in a pretty girl

4. I would talk to the principal of a desired school

Hope I helped :)

►1. "so" can be used in two different ways.

a) as a conjunction like "I was hungry, so I ate." or "I was bored, so I watched tv." In other words, I ate because I was hungry. I watched tv because I was bored.

b) It means "a lot." You can say "He is so funny!" This is because of the same reason above. English has dropped the other half of the sentence. "He is so funny." / "He is funny, so I laughed." / "He is so funny that I laughed."

"VERY" on the other hand is not a conjunction. It is a descriptive word.

"He is very funny."

"I am very hungry."

"The cat is very fast."

It is used to emphasize the word it proceeds.

►You can, but it is a little awkward. It is better to say "He is very happy!" :)

►Pretty has two meanings. It means attractive: "She is pretty." or, as you said, quite. "That is pretty dangerous." It does not mean "almost." It means that is is considerably and quite so.

►Adult students who did not finish high school get a GED. A GED is a certificate which allows them to attend college.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

1. Firstly, 'so' has meanings which can't be compared to 'very', but we don't discuss them. 'So' and 'very' mean almost the same thing, but 'so' suggests an element of surprise or unexpectedness.

2. Yes, people do say that. But it sounds a bit pretentious, and you should probably avoid using it yourself.

3. I can't think of any examples which use your second meaning. I think the first meaning will be right 99% of the time.

4. I see you are in the US, so I will have to leave this question for one of your fellow Americans to answer.