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This might seem a duplicate question, since beginers have a lot of doubt about not using 是 instead of 很 as in 我很好, but there's nothing related to what I'm asking here. At least I haven't found anything.
What does a native speaker think about the difference between a sentence using 是...的 and the same one using 很? For example:
这本书是新的。
这本书很新。
商店的衣服是贵的。
商店的衣服很贵。
Thank you.
是…的 is used for emphasis. In this case, it is used for contrasting.
这本书是新的: This book is new (contrasting old).
这本书很新: This book is new (neutral or normal case).
是……的 : just tell the status of the subject.
很: tell the feeling about the subject. more like so...that...
这本书是新的: this book is new. (emphasis for new. tell the status of book is new)
这本书很新: this book is very new.(emphasis for very, I feel this book so new that I might want to do something about it ).
商店的衣服是贵的: the status of price of clothes in shop is expensive.
商店的衣服很贵: I feel the clothes in shop is so expensive (that...).
这本书是新的（书） : this book is new (book) -- adjective+(noun)
这本书很新 : this book is new -- descriptive
