SO vs SUCH
Both are employed to make the ADJECTIVES or
ADVERBS stronger:
SO We use SO before ADJECTIVES or ADVERBS:
SO
tall / nice / quickly / well
The
story was SO stupid. The day is so warm. He speaks so quickly
SUCH We use SUCH before NOUNS (These nouns can be
previously modified with adjectives and if the noun is singular we must add A
or AN):
SUCH a story / an apple / students /
a perfect exam / an excellent person
It was such a stupid story. We had
such a good time. They were such perfect players
*We can use SO... THAT... or SUCH...
THAT... to express CAUSE and EFFECT. (THAT can be omitted in these sentences):
The book was so good that I couldn't
stop reading it
It was such a good book that I
couldn't stop reading it
The weather was so lovely that we
spent the whole day on the beach
It was such lovely weather that we
spent the whole day on the beach
SO MUCH / MANY present negative aspects like TOO MUCH / MANY
for countable or uncountable nouns.
There was so much salt in the meal
that I couldn't even taste it
There were so many cars on the
street yesterday I hardly could cross the road
