Gamini Randeniya
how to use "such that"
Sep 22, 2009 12:45 PM
Answers · 1
I think the term "such that", with the 2 words together, is like saying "which result in" or "resulting in". It is not commonly used in everyday speech. In fact, I believe I have never used the term in my whole life. I have mostly seen it used in relation to mathematics. However the phrase is usually separated by other words. It's used to qualify adjetives that come before nouns. It qualifies their quantity or intensity. For example: "The mall was SUCH a large place THAT it was easy to get lost." "Cheese is SUCH a delicious food THAT everybody want to eat it." "It was SUCH a boring movie THAT I couldn't stay awake." You asked about "SO THAT" a few days ago. The phrase has more than one use, but in these examples you can use the word "so" instead of "such that" to remove the noun and simplify the sentences, like this: "The mall was SO big THAT it was easy to get lost in". "Cheese is SO delicious THAT it was easy to get lost in". "It was so boring that I couldn't stay awake".
September 22, 2009
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