𝔸 farmer is walking with a potential buyer when they see a beautiful pig in the yard, except that it has a wooden leg.
The buyer asks, "Why does it have a wooden leg?"
The farmer replies, "That pig is so smart that I let it drive the kids to school."
"Great, but why the wooden leg?"
"I'm telling you, the pig is so smart it has a diploma in horticulture and psychology."
"Amazing! But why the wooden leg? Why the wooden leg?"
"Well, when you have a pig that smart, you don't eat it all at once!"
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The buyer asks, "Why does it have a wooden leg?"
The farmer replies, "That pig is so smart that I let it drive the kids to school."
"Great, but why the wooden leg?"
"I'm telling you, the pig is so smart it has a diploma in horticulture and psychology."
"Amazing! But why the wooden leg? Why the wooden leg?"
"Well, when you have a pig that smart, you don't eat it all at once!"
The farmer uses the adverb "so" twice. That adverb means... "very, or extremely, or to a large degree. It is similar to the determiner "such". Determiners are words that come before nouns. We use so + adjective and such + noun to amplify in intensify or emphasise adjective (so) or a noun (such). Here's are some examples:
› Tim is so wonderful with kids. ↔ Tim is such a wonderful person with kids.
› Her smile is so genuine! ↔ She has such a genuine smile!
They're the same. We can add "that" and give the result: so/such + adjective/noun + that + result.
› Tim is so wonderful with kids that he could be a great babysitter.
› She has such a nice smile + that + everyone likes her.
To sum up, we've got SO/SUCH (reason) + THAT (link) + CONSEQUENCE (result)
› Tim is so wonderful with kids. ↔ Tim is such a wonderful person with kids.
› Her smile is so genuine! ↔ She has such a genuine smile!
They're the same. We can add "that" and give the result: so/such + adjective/noun + that + result.
› Tim is so wonderful with kids that he could be a great babysitter.
› She has such a nice smile + that + everyone likes her.
To sum up, we've got SO/SUCH (reason) + THAT (link) + CONSEQUENCE (result)
| Word | Using 'so' | Using 'such' |
|---|---|---|
| intelligent | She's so intelligent! | She's such an intelligent girl! |
| friends | He has so few friends! | He has such a small group of friends! |
| happy | They're so happy that they shine! | They're such a happy couple that they shine! |
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