Too much vs So Much

So ... that belong together. You do something to such an extend that there's a consequence. "He got so red that he looked like a tomato". There's no such relationship between "too" and "that".

Hi pieanne!

just our of curiousity, do we say got so red or went so red? I was always tought we use go with colour adjactives.

Thank you for your clarification

AnonymousWhy would we in the English language say...

He ate so much that he got sick. Instead of saying...

He ate too much that he got sick. (What is the rule that applies here?)

Thanks.

<He ate too much that he got sick. > That one isn't English. It should be "He ate too much and (so/therefore/as a consequence) he

He ate too much by itself means He ate more than he should have.

It wouldn't make much sense to say He ate more than he should have that he got sick, would it?

so means to this degree: namely,

It makes more sense to say He ate to this degree: namely, that he got sick, doesn't it?

CJ

It quite does CJ. Indeed, I couldn't get the meaning of the first sentence up to now. Thanks for your example.

Wishes,

YoHf

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