SO/SUCH

SO/SUCH

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• We use so and such to add emphasis and intensity to nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. In this way, they are similar to very.

It is so hot.

It is very hot.

It is a very hot day

It is such a hot day.

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• We use such before a noun or an adjective + noun.

The new writing style was such a success that people still use it today.They began to charge such low prices that the habit of reading spread quickly.

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• We use so before adjectives and adverbs.

These were so popular that they lasted until Roman times.The copyists worked so slowly that books were very rare and expensive.

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• We can use so many + a plural noun.

Nowadays, so many people use e-readers that many bookstores have gone out of business.

• We can use so much + uncountable nouns.

He had so much money he didn’t know what to do with it.

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• We can use so or such + that to talk about extremes and results.

The copyists worked so slowly that books were very rare and expensive.It was such a boring lesson that I went to sleep.

For summarizing "so" is often used with adjectives or adverbs, while "such" is used with nouns to emphasize the quality or kind of the thing being described.