Suchas a determiner
We can usesuch(as a determiner)before a noun phrase to add emphasis:
We visitedsuchfascinating places on our trip through central Asia.
She hassuchlovely hair.
She lived insuchloneliness.(formal)
We usesuchbefore the indefinite article,a/an:
We hadsuchanawful meal at that restaurant!
Not:We had a such awful meal…
Suchmeaning ‘of this or that kind’
In more formal situations, we can use suchto mean ‘of this or that kind’. We can use it beforea/anor after expressions likethe only, the first, the second:
You must not destroy people’s houses. I could never agree tosucha plan.(a plan of that kind)
A college is offering a degree in pop music composition. It is the onlysuchcourse in the country.(the only course of that kind)
Such … that
We can use athat-clause after a noun phrase withsuch:
He issucha bad-tempered personthatno one can work with him for long.
It wassucha long and difficult examthatI was completely exhausted at the end.
See also:
So
Suchorso?
Such as