Talk:such

It's not entirely clear that the last sense is much different from the first. However, I believe that in legal documents, such tends to mean what was just described and not what was just described or something like it. -dmh 20:52, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Somesuch
Would be nice to have an entry for the phrase some such - there is a page for somesuch, but it notes that this is uncommon spelling. 118.208.134.60 01:30, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Suchlike
I've noticed some people use "such" in the way that "suchlike" would be used. Possibly this is recent American usage, since I've never heard it in British English. Anyway, the definition for this usage - a person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned - has a couple of problems: firstly, it should just be a link to "suchlike" rather than a copy of that definition; and secondly, only the very last quotation from 2000 is actually that meaning. The others should be (re)moved. 80.4.170.209 11:24, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Missing adjective or adverb sense?
This sense is from Webster 1913, and doesn't seem to be covered by our entry (since it doesn't look like a determiner): Equinox ◑ 20:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)


 * 1) Having the particular quality or character specified.
 * 2) * Milton
 * That thou art happy, owe to God; / That thou continuest such, owe to thyself.

the above address or at such other address as may notify
What is the subject of "as may notify" in the above address or at such other address as may notify ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:30, 22 July 2019 (UTC)


 * That looks wrong. You could say e.g. "at such other address as may be provided". Equinox ◑ 20:23, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Do I change it with your own example? --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:20, 6 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I have changed it. Equinox ◑ 09:41, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

We are such stuff as dreams are made on
We are such stuff as dreams are made on (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, scene 1, modernized spelling). In sentences of this type such is followed by as and not by a relative pronoun that, who, etc.: The federal government has only such powers as are given to it by the states Is such as used here? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:56, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Adverb 2. in such a way or manner.
1. so; very; to such a degree: such pleasant people. 2. in such a way or manner. https://www.wordreference.com/definition/such However I do not know what the second meaning refers to, or why Wiktionary doesn't have any adverbial one

OED entry for such --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:21, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

If any member be late, such member shall be suspended
[before a noun] Being the person or thing or the persons or things indicated: If any member be late, such member shall be suspended However our current "any" doesn't seem appropriate for such a meaning

OED entry for such --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:21, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

and such
and such is an idiom for Oxford's --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:31, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Occasional weak form sətʃ --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:12, 23 April 2022 (UTC)