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yoshi-pooh
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 Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: not to? so as not to? |
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Hi, everyone!
1. You should take an earlier train not to be late for school again.
2. You shoulsd take an earlier train so as not to be late for school again.
Which sentence would be better?
Thank you!
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CP
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: |
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You want "so as not to," which means, "in order not to." Without the "so as," the sentence doesn't make good sense.
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2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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You also can say, You should take an earlier train (in order)to not be late for school again. (Note that the order of "not" and "to" are reversed.)
'in order to' is a frequently used set phrase. |
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yoshi-pooh
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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CP, 2006, thank you for your replies. I found the wrong sentence in an English test for high school students. I'm afraid tens of thousands of them might have thought it was a good sentence.
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