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lucj
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Tue, 19 Apr 05 05:12 PM
HI. I´d like to know when I should use "such". I am always cinfuse wich situation I should use. " It´s such a pretty cat" "It´s so pretty doll"..how I can use it? :s
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haoqide
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Tue, 19 Apr 05 06:53 PM
Hey, Luc.
The short answer is this:
You use "so" when you just have the adjective that refers to the object and you don't mention the object itself after the adjective.
For example, "It's so nice!" "That car is so nice!"
You use "such" when the object comes after the adjective. The object needs to be preceded by the article "a" or "an".
For example, "It is such a nice car!" or "It is an excellent report!"
Does that help?
-Haoqide
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lucj,
4 yr 217 days ago
Hi Haoqide
Thanks a lot for your help. I think I understand this time.
Luc
paco2004,
4 yr 217 days ago
You can say also "It's so nice a car", though it sounds a little archaic.
paco
Anonymous,
177 days ago
I just thought the same... I have to explain the same thing to my students in a couple of days... and I did not specifically remember that explanation... although I had an idea about it.
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