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    Is it correct to say
    I ate such much food that I can not any thing else
    using such with much and many?
    or we should use so
    if yes say the reason ,please

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    Hi lamiaa

    Ex: I ate so much food. I couldn't eat another thing.

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    I ate such much food that I can not any thing else.

    Bit wrong that!

    Try: I ate so much food that I cannot eat anything else.

    Or I ate such a lot of food that I cannot eat anything else.

    The combination such much never occurs in English.

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    For the technicalities, ask Soup, he's the expert!

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    Default Re: such or so

    Quote Originally Posted by Pedroski View Post
    For the technicalities, ask Soup, [s]he's the expert!
    ... such a ...
    ... so much ... + non-count noun <so much water>
    ... so many ... + count noun <so many apples>

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    Sorry Ms Soup, no offence meant, hope none taken! I enjoy reading your comments very much!

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    None taken.

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