Learn English – So much or too much

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I've got so much/ too much work to do to come to the beach.
If "so much" is correct, so don't we use "too much"
Thank you so much

Best Answer

"So much" in this example is being used to denote that you have a lot of work to do, but it can also imply a specified amount.

For example:

I can only do so much work.

This is the same meaning of the word but is being used to show that you have a limit to what you can do.

"Too much" in your example has a different meaning, not simply that you have a lot, but that the amount you have is excessive.

Consider this example:

That is too much coffee for one person to drink.

This means that one person cannot drink that amount.

When used in your example:

I have too much work to do.

This implies one of two meanings, either that (1) it is not possible to complete the amount of work you have; or, if said in answer to a question such as "can you do something for me?", that (2) the amount of work you have is does not allow you time to do this new task being asked of you.

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