So and Such

 

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When should we use So, and when should we use Such?

We use So after an adjective. In grammar, we call this Intensifier. It makes the adjective more intense, or stronger. We will discuss Intensifiers in another blog post.

 Compare:

This ramen is delicious.

This ramen is so delicious. How did you cook this? What ingredients did you use?

In the second sentence, the degree of the adjective Delicious became stronger, or more intense.

Other examples:

She is pretty.

She is so pretty. (She is very pretty.)

 I had a great time at the party last night. The hosts were so accommodating. (The hosts were very accommodating.)

 

We use SUCH + Noun

 Compare:

She is so pretty.

She is such a pretty woman.

 Note: We say A pretty woman because the Noun Woman is Singular.

 Compare:

They are such pretty women.

(We should not use A because the word Women is Plural.

 More examples:

Canada is a beautiful country.

Canada is such a beautiful country.

This TV show is so boring.

This is such a boring TV show.

 

But NOT: This is so boring TV show.= This is wrong, don’t construct your sentence this way.

 My teacher is so mean. She shouted at me in front of my classmates when I asked her to repeat her explanation. She is such a mean human.

 

 Japanese Explanation by Google Translate:

いつSoを使用する必要があり、いつSuchを使用する必要がありますか？

 形容詞の後にSoを使用します。文法では、これを強意語と呼びます。形容詞をより強く、またはより強くします。インテンシファイアについては、別のブログ投稿で説明します。

 比較：

This ramen is delicious.

This ramen is so delicious. How did you cook this? What ingredients did you use?

2番目の文では、形容詞Deliciousの程度が強くなったり、強くなったりしました。

 別の例を次に示します。

She is pretty.

She is so pretty. (She is very pretty.)

 I had a great time at the party last night. The hosts were so accommodating. (The hosts were very accommodating.)

 SUCH +名詞を使用します

 比較：

She is so pretty.

She is such a pretty woman.

 注：名詞の女性は単数であるため、きれいな女性と言います。

Compare:

They are such pretty women.

(Womenという単語は複数形であるため、Aを使用しないでください。）

 その他の例：

Canada is a beautiful country.

Canada is such a beautiful country.

 This TV show is so boring.

This is such a boring TV show.

 だがしかし：This is so boring TV show.= これは間違っています。このように文を構成しないでください。