So - Such

So and Such

So + Adjective per mostrare gli estremi, di solito nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         The music is so loud!·         The meal was so good! 

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

·         The meal was so good (that) we decided to have dinner at the same restaurant again tonight.

So + Adverb per mostrare azioni estreme, di solito nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         She spoke so quickly! 

·         He paints so well! 

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

·         He paints so well (that) they offered him a scholarship at an art school in Paris.

So + Many / Few + Plural Noun per mostrare estremi in una quantità, nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         I never knew you had so many brothers!

·         She has so few friends! It's really quite sad.

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

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

So + Much / Little + Non-countable Noun per mostrare estremi in una quantità, nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         Jake earns so much money! And he still has trouble paying the rent.

·         They have so little food! We need to do something to help them.

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

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

So + "much," "little," "often," o "rarely" per descrivere quanto o quanto spesso qualcuno fa un’azione, nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         Earl drinks so much! 

·         My sister visits us so rarely! 

·         Earl drinks so much (that) it is starting to interfere with his work.

·         My sister visits us so rarely (that) my kids wouldn't even recognize her.

Such + Adjective + Noun per mostrare estremi, nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         Don has such a big house! I think it's a little ridiculous.

·         Shelly has such beautiful eyes! I have never seen that shade of blue before.

·         Don has such a big house (that) I actually got lost on the way to the bathroom.

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

NOTE: senza un nome, occorre usare "so."      such beautiful eyes that…    VS     so beautiful that…

Such + Judgemental Noun per l’enfasi, nelle esclamazioni. Per i risultati si aggiunge that:

·         He is such an idiot!

·         She is such a genius! 

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

·         She is such a genius (that) they immediately gave her a position at the university.

Such + Noun (col significato di "this type of..." o "that type of...")

·         The archaeologist had never seen such writing before he discovered the tablet. this/that type of writing

·         She usually doesn't receive such criticism. this/that kind of criticism

·         Frank has never made such mistakes before. these/those kinds of mistakes