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[navi]

Is this sentence correct:
He did it so slowly that we should see how it is done.

Meaning: His intention was to let us see how it was done and therefore he reduced the speed at which he did it to such an extent that would allow us to see how it was done.

[asterix]

Better - He did it slowly so that we should see how it was done

[navi]

Thanks Asterix,
But do the two sentences mean exactly the same?
"He did it so slowly... " is about the degree of slowness, while "He did it slowly so that..." merely says that the act was done slowly without putting the emphasis on the extent of slowness.
The idea is: In doing it, he chose a degree of slowness that would permit us to see how it was done.