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So and Such

So and Such

A/ • I didn't enjoy the book. The story was so stupid.

We use so + adjective/adverb: so stupid / so quick/ so nice/  so quickly

• I didn't enjoy the book. It was such a stupid story.

We use such + noun:

Such a story / such people         
We use such + adjective + noun:

such a stupid story / such nice people

Note that we say such a..... (not 'a such...')

B/ So and such make the meaning of an adjective (or adverb) stronger:

• It’s a lovely day, isn't it? It's so warm. (= really warm)

• He’s difficult to understand because he speaks so quickly.

Compare so and such in these sentences:

• I like Tom and Ann. They are so nice.

You can use so...that...:

• The book was so good that I couldn't put it down.

• I was so tired that I fell asleep in the armchair.

You can leave out that in sentences like this:

• I was so tired (that) I fell asleep.

• We enjoyed our holiday. We had such a good time. (= a really good time)

• I like Tom and Ann. They are such nice people, (not 'so nice people')

You can use such...that...:

• It was such a good book that I couldn't put it down.

• It was such lovely weather that we spent the whole day on the beach.

C/ We also use so and such with the meaning 'like this':

• I was surprised to find out that the house was built 100 years ago. I didn't realise it was so old. (As old as it is)

• I expected the weather to be much cooler. I didn't expect it to be so warm.

• I'm tired because I got up at 6 o'clock.  I don't usually get up so early.

 • I didn’t realise it was such an old house

. • The house was so untidy. I've never seen such a mess. (= a mess like this)

Note the expression no such...:  

 • You won't find the word 'blid' in an English dictionary because there is no such word. (= this word does not exist)

D/ We say: so long but such a long time:

• I haven't seen her for so long I've forgotten what she looks like.

so far but such a long way:

• I didn't know it was so far.

so much, so many but such a lot (of):

• Why did you buy so much food?

• I haven't seen her for such a long time. (Not 'a so long time')

• I didn't know it was such a long way.

• Why did you buy such a lot of food?

Put in so, such or such a:

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1. He's difficult to understand because he speaks such asosuchI don't know quickly.

2. I like Tom and Ann. They're such asuchsoI don't know nice people.

3. It was a great holiday. We had sosuchsuch aI don't know good time.

4. I was surprised that he looked such asuchsoI don't know well after his recent illness.

5. Everything is suchsosuch aI don't know expensive these days, isn't it?

6. The weather is lovely, isn't it? I didn't expect it to be sosuchsuch aI don't know nice day.

7. I have to go. I didn't realise it was such asuchsoI don't know late.

8. He always looks good. He wears such asuchsoI don't know nice clothes.

9. It was sosuchsuch aI don't know boring film that I fell asleep while I was watching it.

10. I couldn't believe the news. It was suchsosuch aI don't know shock.

11. I think she works too hard. She looks suchsosuch aI don't know tired all the time.

12. It was sosuch asuchI don't know beautiful day we decided to go to the beach.

13. They've got suchsuch asoI don't know much money, they don't know what to do with it.

14. I didn't realise you lived suchsosuch aI don't know long way from the city centre.

15. I can't decide what to do. It's sosuchsuch aI don't know problem.