Such As & As Such - How To Use "AS SUCH" and "SUCH AS"

Hello and welcome to this lesson. Today, you're  going to learn how to use: such as and as such.  

So the same two words but you're using them in a  different order, which means you're using them in  

two different ways. And this is a question that a  student asked. It's a great question, so I'm happy  

to answer it for you. Of course I'm Jennifer from  JForrestEnglish.com and this channel is dedicated  

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First, let's talk about how to use such as.  So, such as, this is really easy one. This  

is used to introduce an example. For example, I  can say the store sells many electronics. Now,  

I want to give examples. I want to give examples  of the electronics. So that's when I can use:  

such as. Such as, and then here are my specific  examples. This store sells many electronics,  

such as phones, computers and speakers.  So that's a really easy to understand way  

how to use such as. And as you can imagine  you'll get lots of practice with this,  

because it's very common to list examples when  you're making statements. Before we go on, just  

notice that in writing, you need a comma  here. And that comma is just there for  

grammar purposes. But in spoken English, we  verbalize commas with pauses. So you want to  

take a slight pause before you give more examples.  The store has many electronics such as phones,  

computers and speakers. So make sure you get your  comma there. Now let's look at another example.  

Many countries such as Canada have four seasons  here, this one, don't get confused because what  

do you notice here. We have the verb, have,  right. Now you might be thinking, but Jennifer,  

Canada is singular, it would be conjugated as it,  it have, that's not right. You can't say that,  

right. That would be grammatically incorrect. It  have four seasons. No, you can't say that at all.  

Would you have to say it has four seasons, right,  that would be how you say this, grammatically.  

But here's the thing, let me put a little  checkmark there. Okay, but here's the thing.  

In this example, have is not being conjugated  with Canada. That's not what it's being conjugated  

with. So who knows what is it being conjugated  with? Well our subject is many countries.  

And what does that represent as a subject.  Are you he she it, we, they, which one?  

It's of course they. Many countries, they  have. So that's why we're using have. Now,  

this might confuse you, because I didn't  put any commas here, but you can imagine  

all of this information is considered separate  because when information is in commas, it's  

considered optional. You could just get rid of it,  right. Like look at our example above. The store  

sells many electronics. I could just end it with  a period right here. And the sentence entirely. So  

the information after the comma is not required.  So this information, such as Canada, is not  

what our verb is being conjugated with. Our  verb is being conjugated with countries. So  

that's a really important note. Even when you  don't have comments, still to ask yourself,  

What's my subject and that will  tell you how to conjugate your verb.  

So take your time with it. You may need to  review this a few times. And now As Such.  

You can think of it as being what is indicated.  I know that probably doesn't tell you anything,  

doesn't tell me much either, being  what is indicated. Don't worry,  

it will make sense once we review the examples.  But what you need to know is that it represents  

a noun that was previously mentioned. This is  extremely important. And that the noun, that's  

being what is indicated, is just what is already  mentioned. Okay so that's kind of what it means,  

it's just a noun that was previously mentioned. So  let's take a look at this. I'm an English teacher,  

true story. I'm an English teacher, and as such, I  notice a lot of mistakes native speakers make. Not  

students, native speakers make. I'm an English.  I'm an English teacher, whoops, a tongue twister.  

I'm an English teacher, and as such, I notice  a lot of mistakes native speakers make.  

Now what does this, as such, represent? Well  remember, it's a noun that was previously  

mentioned. What's the noun that was previously  mentioned? An English teacher. Okay,  

so you can think of "such" just as the noun.  As such, it equals "as an English teacher".  

That's exactly what it means. Okay, so that's the  easiest way to think of it. Whenever you want to  

use "as such", just ask yourself what's the noun  that was already mentioned. And then you just add  

as in front of that noun, and then  you replace the noun with the words,  

"such", that's what you're doing. You're keeping  "as" and you're replacing the noun with such.  

Now, I could say: I'm an English  teacher and as an English teacher,  

I noticed a lot of mistakes native speakers make.  This is grammatically correct, but what do you  

think about this sentence? I don't know about you  but I don't like the sentence very much because  

it's repetitive. It means the sentence is so  long, and what's the point of repeating your noun  

twice. You just don't have to do that, it's  repetitive. And there's a better way to say it.  

And what we do is we just replace our noun with  such but remember, we need to keep the as. So  

we keep the as and then we replace the noun with  such. Since this is a more advanced expression,  

let's look at another example. He is the former  president, and as such, he has a security detail  

247. A security detail is just a security team.  That's we're detail, it just means team. I don't  

know why, it's just the language that they use  in the security world. Now, here we have as such.  

What does such represent. You know it represents  the noun, right. So ask yourself, where's my noun.  

The former president. As the former president,  that's what such represents. So here we say as  

such, as the former president, again. I could  definitely say he's the former president,  

and as the former president, he has a security  detailed 24/7. Yes this is grammatically correct,  

but it's repetitive. And there's a better way  to say it. And that's to use as such. So you're  

only going to use as such when you have the noun  mentioned. And you want to use the noun again.  

Because of that, it's a pretty distinct way.  And it's not one that you're going to use  

every single day. It's probably a less  common option, option, especially compared to  

such as which is extremely common. So such as is  extremely common, because it's very common to give  

examples. As such is not as common, simply  because it's not common to have your noun  

and then immediately say your noun again,  right. Now, there are different sentence  

structures with as such. So let's just review the  three sentence structures here. You can say, just  

like I did before: He's the former president, and  as such, he has a security detail 24/7. So notice,  

the placement, it's in between. But also notice.  There's commas before and after. And what do we  

do with those comments in spoken English?  We take pauses. He's the former president,  

and as such, he has a security detail 24/7.  It tells us to take a pause in spoken English.  

Now, you can also just create two sentences. He's  the former president, period. That's a complete  

sentence. Now I'm going to begin my sentence with:  As such. You could use: And as such, but starting  

a sentence with and is a little more casual, and  you don't really need it. So it would be better  

just to get rid of it. He's the former President.  As such, But notice, this comma is mandatory.  

As such, he has a security detail. 24/7. Now one  final sentence structure option, which isn't as  

common, but I wanted to include it, is having  as such at the very end. This isn't as common,  

but you may see it. He's the former president  and has a security detailed 24/7 as such.  

Remember, this is just saying: as the former  president he has a security detail, detail 24/7.  

As the former president. As such. So this one  isn't as common, but you may see it. So here's the  

summary of everything we've just covered, I wanted  you to see them side by side on the same screen.  

So go ahead and take a screenshot of this now. Or  if you're a little more old school, you can hit  

pause and write this down with a pen and piece  of paper. If you're going to take a screenshot,  

let me give you a nice smile here since I'm  in the picture. So go ahead and take your  

screenshot and hit pause if you need. And here's  your summary of how to use: Such as and As such.  

Awesome job. So now is your turn to practice.  I want you to leave two examples, one with as  

such and one was such as in the comments below.  And if you found this video helpful, please hit  

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And until next time, Happy Studying. Awesome  job expanding your vocabulary with all of these  

confusing words and now you feel confident using  them right and I'll see you my next video. Bye!