So and Such

So vs Such

Και οι δύο λέξεις μεταφράζονται ως «τόσο» και χρησιμοποιούνται για να δώσουμε έμφαση. Η διαφορά τους έγκειται στη σύνταξή τους, δηλαδή, στο τι ακολουθεί μετά από αυτά.

  So  

Μετά από τα παραπάνω μπορεί να ακολουθεί δευτερεύουσα συμπερασματική – αποτελεσματική  πρόταση η οποία εισάγεται με το that και δηλώνει  το αποτέλεσμα που έχει η εμφατική σύνταξη του so.

e.g. The music is so loud (that) I can't sleep.

e.g. She spoke so quickly (that) I couldn't understand her.

e.g. I never knew you had so many brothers (that) you had to share a bedroom.

e.g. She has so few friends (that) she rarely gets out of the house.

e.g. Jake earns so much money (that) he has lost all sense of what a dollar is worth.

e.g. They have so little food (that) they are starving to death.

* Στις παραπάνω προτάσεις το that μπορεί να παραλείπεται.

  Such  

Μετά από τα παραπάνω μπορεί να ακολουθεί δευτερεύουσα συμπερασματική – αποτελεσματική  πρόταση η οποία εισάγεται με το that και δηλώνει  το αποτέλεσμα που έχει η εμφατική σύνταξη του such.

e.g. He is such an idiot (that) nobody would hire him.

e.g. Shelly has such beautiful eyes (that) she got a job as a make-up model.

  ΒΑΣΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ  

so beautiful a woman           [so + (a/an) + adjective]

such a beautiful woman       [such (a/an) + adjective + noun]

Exercises:

1.Fill in the gaps with so or such:

1.She is _________  funny! She always makes me laugh.

2.Sarah and Ed are _________ crazy people! I never know what they are going to do next.

3.James has _________  much money that he could actually buy that Ferrari.

4.Although most of the audience had never been exposed to _________ music, they thoroughly enjoyed the performance of the Tibetan folk choir.

5.The movie was _________ good that I saw it five times.

6.Terry speaks English _________ fluently that I thought he was American.

7.Most students never discuss _________  topics in class, but I think it is important to teach our children to question the media.

8.Jerry had never seen _________ high mountains. He thought they were spectacular.

9.Fred is_________  a clown! He is always telling jokes and making people laugh.

10.How could you say _________ horrible things to me?

2. Correct the following sentences. Three sentences are correct:

1.He is so a jerk! He hasn't said one nice thing since he started working here.

2.That new song is so cool that it hit the top ten within a week of being released.

3.Martha is a such good cook that she is writing her own book of family recipes.

4.I don't know if that is such good an idea. Maybe we should try something else.

5.She has such many hats that she needs two closets to store them all.

6.That takes so little time and effort that you might as well do it yourself.

7.I had to pay $140 for books for my new Spanish class. I don't know why my professor has to choose such an expensive books for her course.

8.Please, don't drive so fast! I'm terrified we're going to have an accident.

9.I really wish you wouldn't smoke such much! It's destroying your health.