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Can I also say "his hands weren't damn so small" by changing the order of "damn" and "so"?

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Rebecca

Unfortunately, you can only say "so damn" and not "damn so." In this context, "so/too damn" is an informal way of saying "very" (used as a point of emphasis), so the order of the words cannot be changed. Ex: The pizza's so damn small! How can this cost $20? Ex: It's too damn dark in this room. Is the light broken?

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