SUCH (A) + adjective + noun phrase – English Grammar Profiler

‘Such’ before a noun phrase with an adjective in it can give emphasis to an ‘extreme degree’ similar to ‘so’ or have a similar meaning to ‘very’ or ‘especially’.

Here are EXPERT EXAMPLES:

It is such a rewarding feeling to light up someone‘s face.

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Please never use such demeaning terms.

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Here are the search results from the iWeb corpus for:

such a _JJ _NN

1 SUCH A LONG TIME 7187

I‘ve been in love with you for such a long time.

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2 SUCH A BIG DEAL 6247 3 SUCH A SHORT TIME 5373 4 SUCH A YOUNG AGE 5201 5 SUCH A GOOD IDEA 3747 6 SUCH A GREAT IDEA 3507 7 SUCH A GREAT JOB 3380 8 SUCH A HARD TIME 3093 9 SUCH A SHORT PERIOD 3076 10 SUCH A GREAT TIME 2792 11 SUCH A WIDE RANGE 2696 12 SUCH A BAD THING 2693

13 SUCH A GOOD JOB 2645

14 SUCH A HIGH LEVEL 2289

15 SUCH A BIG PART 2245 16 SUCH A GREAT WAY 2245 17 SUCH A WIDE VARIETY 2171 18 SUCH A GOOD TIME 1865 19 SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE 1757 20 SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT 1755 21 SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT 1735 22 SUCH A BAD IDEA 1573 23 SUCH A LARGE NUMBER 1532

24 SUCH A LOW PRICE 1494

25 SUCH A GREAT PLACE 1438 26 SUCH A GREAT PRODUCT 1409 27 SUCH A LONG PERIOD 1401 28 SUCH A SHORT SPACE 1281 29 SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE 1225 30 SUCH A HUGE PART 1179 31 SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT 1138 32 SUCH A LONG WAY 1083 33 SUCH A SMALL SPACE 1076 34 SUCH A SIMPLE THING 1040 35 SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE 1032 36 SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME 1007 37 SUCH A GREAT POST 967 38 SUCH A FUN WAY 932 39 SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE 911 40 SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE 878 41 SUCH A LARGE SCALE 873

42 SUCH A HIGH QUALITY 782

43 SUCH A GREAT DEAL 769 44 SUCH A GOOD THING 767

45 SUCH A GREAT PRICE 765

46 SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME 741 47 SUCH A FUN TIME 733 48 SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE 720 49 SUCH A BIG FAN 673

50 SUCH A LARGE PART 671

Not all of the following phrases will express ’emphasis’ because ‘such’ can be used to refer to something that has already been mentioned. For example, in the phrase “such forward-looking statements,” the word “such” probably refers to the forward-looking statements that have already been discussed.  

SUCH OTHER DUTIES is used to indicate additional or unspecified tasks or responsibilities that may be assigned to someone. For example: “The employee shall perform such other duties as may be required by the employer from time to time.”

1 SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 3980
2 SUCH HIGH QUALITY 1448 is probably used for emphasis. 3 SUCH SHORT NOTICE 1381 4 SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION 1346 5 SUCH GOOD CARE 1108 6 SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY 1022 7 SUCH OTHER DUTIES 971 8 SUCH OTHER INFORMATION 928

9 SUCH HIGH DEMAND 823

10 SUCH FISCAL YEAR 814 11 SUCH OTHER PERSON 787

12 SUCH HIGH LEVELS 773

13 SUCH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 662 14 SUCH LARGE NUMBERS 662 15 SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION 651 16 SUCH GOOD FRIENDS 641 17 SUCH BAD SHAPE 619

18 SUCH HIGH REGARD 596

19 SUCH TOUGH GAME 577

20 SUCH HIGH HOPES 539

21 SUCH GREAT THINGS 509 22 SUCH TAXABLE YEAR 506 23 SUCH FOND MEMORIES 478 24 SUCH GOOD QUALITY 450 25 SUCH GREAT CARE 445 26 SUCH GREAT IDEAS 437

27 SUCH HIGH STANDARDS 434

28 SUCH OTHER PARTY 422 29 SUCH PERSONAL DATA 412

30 SUCH LOW PRICES 404

31 SUCH GREAT RESULTS 400 32 SUCH OTHER ADDRESS 391 33 SUCH GOOD NEWS 389 34 SUCH OTHER MATTERS 388

35 SUCH HIGH ESTEEM 387

36 SUCH HIGH EXPECTATIONS 383 37 SUCH LITTLE TIME 383 38 SUCH OTHER PERSONS 379 39 SUCH GOOD SHAPE 375 40 SUCH SMALL AMOUNTS 370 41 SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS 368 42 SUCH GREAT SERVICE 366 43 SUCH GOOD VALUE 363 44 SUCH LOW LEVELS 349 45 SUCH OTHER WEBSITES 346 46 SUCH GREAT LENGTHS 345 47 SUCH POOR QUALITY 337 48 SUCH GOOD CONDITION 331 49 SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 321

50 SUCH REAL PROPERTY 318

A2: care, difference, fan, high, hopes, idea, ideas, information, large, level, levels, low, matters, memories, news, notice, post, price, prices, real, simple, space, special, such, variety, way, wide, wonderful B1: amount, amounts, condition, demand, duties, experience, fond, forward, huge, lengths, period, personal, product, property, quality, range, regard, results, service, shape, value B2: additional, data, deal, expectations, scale, standards, statements, tough C1: confidential C2:

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*This is very common grammar across the TLC SPEAKING TESTS if we do not look for ’emphasis.’

*However, there are much fewer examples without an article.  Only C2 can really do it:

We forgot to include “an” in our search.  This post should be about:

such a an adjective noun

Here we search for “an” in iWeb corpus for the phrase above:

1 SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART 3366 2 SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART 1491 3 SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE 1360 4 SUCH AN EXCITING TIME 892 5 SUCH AN AMAZING JOB 820 6 SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE 784 7 SUCH AN EASY WAY 760 8 SUCH AN EARLY AGE 675 9 SUCH AN EARLY STAGE 668

10 SUCH AN AMAZING TIME 511