#soandsuch

[justgot1]

soandsuch replied to your post “Holy SHIT this is painful.”

Since I have followed you, I always thought your username was "just got one" meaning you just got a tattoo. And you posted tattoo stuff all the time so I assumed you were super into tattoos and had a lot

HA! no, you’ve just followed me during my Year Of Tattoo Fascination as I contemplated my big middle aged watershed birthday tattoo. I do love tattoo art though.

[fractallogic]

soandsuch replied to your post: … uh I just AVOIDED making a huge mistake which...

You just reminded me to change a hotel booking, which I’ve been putting off

WOOO!!! Let my mistake-realizing also prevent your potential mistakes!!

[bujnik]

soandsuch replied to your chat: This is what passes for fun now.

Do you understand what it’s like to date one of you people? A state of constant wonder. Like Em is currently making bagels?

We’re just here to make straight people look bad.

[befluentnyc]

// so and such //

So and such are useful little words that can add color to your speech (that can make your speech more interesting). However, because they have similar meanings, it's easy to use them incorrectly.

So and such are both used to show extremes. They are similar to very (perhaps a little stronger).

So is used with adjectives and adverbs, often in exclamations:

Wow, that's so great!  

He ran that marathon so quickly!

Oh my god! That was so fun!  

Such is used with an article and an adjective before a noun:

He's got such an annoying voice.

You have to go to this restaurant they serve such delicious food.

Such can also be used with a judgement noun without an adjective. A judgement noun is a noun that has a positive or negative connotation:

She's such a genius!

That place is such a dump!

Be careful, though. These words are quite strong and can easily be over used. They can then become insincere (not truly meant). People who think that everything is 'so interesting'or 'so funny' can quickly become 'so boring.’

Unlike very, so and such can be used with that to show how the extreme nature of something has led to a certain result:

That woman is so beautiful that I'm going to cry!

I have such a terrible boss that I'm going to quit!

In these types of sentences, that can also be omitted (left out) without changing the meaning.

The Giants are so useless they'll never win another Superbowl.