Cul es la diferencia entre "so" y "such"?

He has so few friends./ He has so many friends

Es fcil confundirse con "so" y "such" porque ambos

pueden significar "tan". Por ejemplo, puedo decir:

Lo ves?

He is such a nice boy. l es un chico tan simptico.

So / Such
1. She is

funny! She always makes me laugh.

She is so beautiful. Ella es tan guapa.

Entonces, cul es la diferencia?

2. Sarah and Ed are

crazy people! I never know

what they are going to do next.

La diferencia se encuentra en el uso de estas palabras.
Fjate bien en lo que te voy a decir:

3. James has

much money that he could actually

buy that Ferrari.

"Such" se utiliza delante de un adjetivo y un sustantivo.

4. Although most of the audience had never been exposed

to
music, they thoroughly enjoyed the

En el ejemplo que he puesto: "He is such a nice boy",

"nice" es un adjetivo que significa "simptico" o "bonito"
y "boy" es un sustantivo.

performance of the Tibetan folk choir.

"So", en cambio, se utiliza delante de un adjetivo o un

adverbio, pero no delante de un sustantivo.

6. Terry speaks English

5. The movie was

good that I saw it five times.

fluently that I thought he

was American.
Lo cual quiere decir que si detrs del adjetivo hay un
sustantivo, no puedo utilizar "so". Es decir, no puedo decir:
"he is "so" nice boy".

7. Most students never discuss

S, puedes decir: She is so beautiful, porque "beautiful" es

un adjetivo y no hay detrs un sustantivo.

8. Jerry had never seen

topics in class,

but I think it is important to teach our children to question

the media.
high mountains. He

thought they were spectacular.

Ms ejemplos:

-He is so impatient. l es tan impaciente. "Impatient" es el

adjetivo, como ves, no hay un sustantivo detrs de
"impatient".

Why does she work so hard? Por qu trabaja tan duro? En

este caso "so" va delante de un adverbio "hard". Es un
adverbio porque est calificando al verbo "work".

Ojo a estas expresiones que requieren so a pesar de

tener un sustantivo.

He has so little money. /He has so much money.

9. Fred is

a clown! He is always telling jokes

and making people laugh.

10. There was

little interest in his talk on

macroeconomics that the room was half empty by the time

he stopped speaking.
11. How could you say

12. He is

horrible things to me?

a jerk! He hasn't said one nice thing

since he started working here.

13. That new song is

cool that it hit the top ten

within a week of being released.

14. Martha is

a good cook that she is writing her

own book of family recipes.

15. I don't know if that is

a good idea. Maybe we

should try something else.

16. She has

many hats that she needs two closets

to store them all.

17. That takes

little time and effort that you

might as well do it yourself.

18. I had to pay $140 for books for my new Spanish class.
I don't know why my professor has to choose
expensive books for her course.
19. Please, don't drive

fast! I'm terrified we're

going to have an accident.

20. I really wish you wouldn't smoke
destroying your health.

much! It's