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Use so with adjectives/adverbs and such with noun phrases, including result clauses and emphatic structures.
Overview
Use so with adjectives/adverbs and such with noun phrases, including result clauses and emphatic structures.
Form and rules
Use so + adjective/adverb: so useful, so quickly.
Use such + a/an + adjective + singular countable noun: such a useful tool.
Use such + adjective + plural/uncountable noun: such useful tools, such useful information.
So...that and such...that introduce a result.
So much/many/few/little combine with nouns; such does not replace these quantifier patterns.
A closer look
So...that and such...that introduce a result.
So much/many/few/little combine with nouns; such does not replace these quantifier patterns.
Examples
The instructions were so clear that nobody asked questions.
It was such a clear explanation.
They made such rapid progress.
There were so few seats that some people stood.
She spoke so confidently that everyone listened.
Common mistakes
Advice is an uncountable noun phrase, so use such.
So modifies the adjective easy directly.
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