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1) When writing his letter, he made such mistakes that nobody could understand his meaning. :nok:
1) When writing his letter, he made mistakes SUCH :ok: that nobody could understand his meaning.

2 When writing his letter, he made such mistakes as you would never believe. :nok:

3) When writing his letter, he made such mistakes that you would never believe. :nok:

4) When writing his letter, he made such mistakes that you would never believe them. :nok:

5) When writing his letter, he made such mistakes that you would never believe he made them. :nok:

These are not idiomatic. "Mistakes" is a countable noun. You need to say something like "so many".
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