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2 Expressing purpose
(ln order) to + infinitive and so (that) + verb
In order to) to, so that and so:
o link an action and its purpose.
So always goes in the middle of a sentence:
I've been training every day so (that) I'm really fit.
In order to and ro go in the middle, or occasionally at the beginning, of a
sentence:
I'ue been training every day in ord.er to be really fit.
I'ue been training every day to be really fit.
To / In ord.er to be really fit, I've been taining euery day.
In order to and so thet are stronger than to and so.
A Sentences with so can sorpetimes have two meanings, for example:
I'ue been training euery day so I'rn really fit.
This could mean: I'ue been taining every day in ord.er to be really fit.
or: I'ue been training euery day therefore I'm really fit.
(>See Grammar, part 1.)
1f, Remember, in sentences like these, we do not use jfor to express purpose:
(not I'+'e heerc *eining every dq'fer be reelVfit.)
3 Explaining cause and effect
5o and such
So and such mean 'as much as this'. We can use them to talk about cause
and effect:
He walLeed so slouly that we arriued late. 1= we arrived late because of his
slow walking speed)
He was such a slow ualker that we arriued late.
We often omit that, especially in speech:
It was such an untiily office we couldn't find our books. = It was such an
untidy office that we couldn't find our booles.
We can use so and such aftet because:
Her teachers sent her home because she behaued so bailly.
Her teachers sent her home because she was such a naughry chilil.
So is followed by:
r an adjective or an adverb:
Her father is so rich that she's neuer tauelled by bus
He spolee to her so ruilely that she walked out of the roorn.
a the words rnany) much andfew, with or without a noun:
He's inuited so meny people to the party there's nowhere to sit down.
I'ue got so few books I can leeep them on one shelf.
You cornplain so much that everyone gets bored
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