quite or so

"Such" is the only word of the four that allows the sentence to make grammatical sense. "Such a lot... that..." sounds perfectly fine to my British ears.

The only one that really fits is "such" because it follows "that" something resulted. There can be "so" or "such" a level of something "that" something resulted. But "so" doesn't fit with "a lot". "So" would only work with against an adjective. For example you could say: "Crime was **so** *high* that nobody trusted anybody else" or if it's a noun or noun phrase you use such: There was **such** *a lot of crime* that nobody trusted anybody else" "quite" seems like it fits the first part of the sentence, but "that" in the sentence makes it awkward if not just wrong.

"quite a lot of crime" "so much crime" The problem is that "quite a lot" doesn't actually fit with the sentence as written. If it were "quite a lot of crime" I'd replace "that" with "so" or "therefore"

Such is the best option here but 'there was so much crime when she was young that...' seems more natural to me.

Such.

Such… that

It's "such" because there's a linking "that" later in the sentence. If there were no linking "that" then "quite" would be used, and "too" and "so" would always be wrong.

‘Such’ is natural for me, and ‘so’ is kinda awkward.

"So much a lot' doesn't make sense, right?

wait what I feel like the only right answer is "quite" how does "such a lot of crime" even make sense?

such? The whole phrase is "such a lot … that …"

I think such is the right answer but it sounds completely unnatural to me.

Such makes the most sense but none of those options would complete the sentence in a way a native speaker would say it.

I guess considering how many people are saying it, the answer must be such. However, if someone posed this question to me Id say theyre all wrong because “such a lot” is so foreign to me that it makes me uncomfortable thinking about it

Nothing fits

Wait I disagree with all of the top commenters. "Such a lot of crime" makes absolutely no grammatical sense to me as an American. "My grandma says there was *quite* a lot of crime when she was young that nobody trusted anybody else". Quite a lot is a common expression meaning a large amount. I'll swear on my English degree that everyone else is wrong here.

"quite" is the answer. "so" is used as an informal equivalent of "very", as a quick way to check whether it works; if you can put "very" there, you can put "so" there, if you can't put "very" there, you can't put "so" there. But also, as I said, "so" is very informal, so be careful where you use it. (Also obviously this only applies to "so" as an intensifier, I'm assuming you know about the other, more common definitions of "so".)

Yeah, it’s such. However, don’t worry too much, because this is a bizarre sentence structure that you wouldn’t see outside tests. I had to think about it and I’m a fully native professional writer.

They all sound bad. Should be “so much crime that”

I can't believe how many people are wrong here

Quite and such are both equally valud in that sentence. Quite a lot can mean two different things depending on how you say it. It can either mean like a decent level of crime or if you mean it metaphorically, that there was loads. But such a lot of crime is more informal speech not formal really

Judging from the comments it seems that the Americans are defaulting to ‘such’ but that just doesn’t fit right at all to me. Whereas in Britain ‘quite’ would absolutely fit perfectly

As a native speaker of American English, I hate this question because none of the options sound normal to me at all. Grammatically speaking, "such" is the only option that can go before "a lot of" and can also be combined with "that", so I'm guessing that is the option they were going for. But at least to my American ears, "such a lot of crime... that nobody trusted anybody else" sounds completely ungrammatical and I've never heard anyone use "such" that way. Other commenters have said that it sounds normal in British English and I assume they know what they are talking about, but in American English it sounds very wrong. We would say "so much crime... that nobody trusted anybody else".

I know such is the correct word as an English speaker. However it sounds so friggin unnatural to me in this sentence that I'd still pick the word quite because it makes the sentence sound better and more natural. Thought you could ,outside of your homework, omit a word being there to begin with and it'd sound perfectly fine too. This is homework though, so I'd suggest going with the word such since it is the proper way English is supposed to be.

C

it’s quite

"Such" is the only possible option here, but it sounds awkward to my American ears because we don't typically use this definition of the word "lot" outside the idiom, "a lot of." "Such" modifies nouns, but because I don't think of a "lot" as a noun in this idiomatic context (even though it is!), it sounded the same as if you'd said, "He ran such quickly," which would be wrong. Long story short: "Such" is correct, but it would never sound natural for me to say it this way. Other options for each of the possible answers that sound more natural to my American ears: - "My grandma says there was such a large amount of crime when she was young that nobody trusted anybody else." - "My grandma says there was so much crime when she was young that nobody trusted anybody else." - "My grandma says there was quite a lot of crime when she was young, so nobody trusted anybody else. - "My grandma says there was too much crime when she was young, so nobody trusted anybody else."

To my California ears, these all sound strange and wrong. If I were to guess I would say 'such' fits a little better, but it would sound much more natural to say 'so much crime'

"Such" is probably the grammatically correct answer but it sounds kind of unnatural to me. "Quite" sounds a bit more natural in my opinion, but it doesn't seem completely grammatically correct.

Such

"So" is an adverb, meaning you would need another adjective here. "There was so much crime" works, but "there was so a lot of crime" is not correct. "Quite" would work if the second half of the sentence wasn't there. "There was quite a lot of crime" works fine, but "There was quite a lot of crime that nobody trusted each other" sounds weird. "Such" (in this context) implies that you're about to describe the extent of the crime. "There was such a lot of crime..." (How much crime?) "...that people didn't trust each other." Hopefully this helps.

C

To me, "such" is technically correct, but sounds so tortured that I would completely reword the sentence. The rest are just flat-out wrong.

None of these answers are correct. "Such a lot" may be closest, but this is not how english speakers speak. I could see saying "such crime."

Such, actually. There was such crime that no one trusted anyone.  Such is like "so much".  "How much?  Such/so much."

D is the only grammatically correct option for the first part of the sentence, but no matter which option you chose, the sentence would still be grammatically incorrect due to the second part of the sentence. Instead of "that", it should be ";therefore,"

such or quite are both grammatically correct

Such fits

"there was so much crime that nobody trusted anybody else" to me is the best way to phrase it Such would work, but it sounds really awkward to me next to "a lot".

I am very surprised at the answers here. "Such a lot..." sounds extremely unnatural to me, whereas "quite a lot..." is a very common structure. Perhaps this is a regional thing? To me "quite" is the only answer.

"Such" is being used here as a predeterminer. This emphasizes the degree or intensity of the following item, so "Such a lot" means the amount is emphasized. "...such a lot of crime that..." therefore becomes the valid grammatical structure. "Too" on its own can't be used as a predeterminer like this, as it needs to be qualified by another word, such as "Too much," or "Too little," or "Too wide" or "Too narrow". It also only works in a sentence where something is prevented by this formation "There was too much crime to trust anyone." "So" has similar issues when paired with "a lot". It should be "So much", "So little," "So big," "So small." "Quite" is the closest to working, but does the opposite of emphasizing. It downplays the subject a little. "There are quite a lot of errors" could be taken to mean there are more errors than expected or wanted, but "There are such a lot of errors" is taken to mean there are far more errors than wanted or expected and could even be interpretted to be overwhelming. If you wanted to use "Quite" here it wouldn't follow with the rest of the sentence regarding trusting others.

"Such" fits, but in my dialect we would typically word it differently (something like "my grandma says that there was so much crime when she was younger that...")

Such

i'm surprised at the number of fellow americans who apparently have never encountered this construction. i'd agree that you wouldn't hear it on this side of "the pond" but they should definitely have encountered it in the written language.

quite is best

In American English, quite is literally the only valid grammatically correct and natural sounding option here - such may be a valid option elsewhere in the world but if anybody used the phrase "such a lot" it'd be clear they either aren't from the US or English isn't their first language

None are right in American English

I’ve never heard “such a lot” but others are saying that it’s corrected.

I'm a non-native speaker. Why "quite" is not applicable? Could someone explain?

Quite is the only correct answer, though it sounds just a tad bit “formal” and I use that very lightly

Cause and effect linking. "such that" or "so that" not "quite that" "such a lot of...that"...., " so much...that" are correct. "Quite a lot of.....that...." is not correct.

"such" is correct. Preferably, "so much" would be smoother than "such a lot of," which feels kind of clumsy grammatically for some reason.

It's quite, it's old people speak that used to be a common phrase that isn't anymore. "Quite the bad weather we're having ain't it?"

It's either "Quite" or "Such" depending on the dialect.

Agreed. With the exception of: “That’s such a lot!”

i mean i guess quite but thats still like really unnatural. the correct phrase is "quite a bit." honestly the sentence is better off leaving the blank blank