rules and exercises on intensifiers

[Casiopea]

1) That book is so boring that I cannot finish it. =

a) That book is too boring to finish.
b) That book is too boring to be finished in time for class tomorrow.
c) That book is too boring for me to finish.

2) My uncle has so much money that he can buy an airplane. =

a) My uncle has such a lot of money that he can buy an airplane (?)

3) My uncle is so stingy that his wife has left him. =

a) My uncle is stingy enough for his wife to have left him.
b) My uncle is too stingy to live with.

[hela]

Thank you Casiopea for having answered me so quickly. That's great!

Instead of 2 a) can I say:

b) My uncle has such a large amount of money (or some thing of the kind) that he can buy an airplane ?

All the best,
Hela

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by hela

Thank you Casiopea for having answered me so quickly. That's great!

Instead of 2 a) can I say:

b) My uncle has such a large amount of money (or some thing of the kind) that he can buy an airplane ?

All the best,
Hela

Informally, it's fine. "such" expresses, to a great extent, and "amount" could be viewed as having an extent, be it small or large. Formally, though,

My uncle has a great deal of money, so much in fact, that . . . .
My uncle has so much money that . . . .