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shuhuang
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 Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: so as to |
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Hi, teachers
"So as to" is synonymous to "in order to." But can the we put the former in the beginning of a sentence, as in "So as to arrive early, we took a taxi?"
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dragn
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| "So as to" is synonymous to "in order to." But can the we put the former in the beginning of a sentence, as in "So as to arrive early, we took a taxi?" |
I can think of no reason to label it as being grammatically incorrect, but I can tell you that so as to is not often used at the beginning of a sentence like this. Using in order to at the beginning of a sentence is much more common and natural.
Hope this helps.
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shuhuang
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Greg. It does. |
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