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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Another correction from an American teacher

The original sentence read "Do you have to hurry for your next class or are you going to be late?" He revised it into "Do you have to hurry for your next class so (that) you're not late?". I have a problem with his "so (that) you're not late.". Isn't it better to use "so (that) you won't be late."? or, in order to retain the sense of the original question, isn't it better to use "or (do) you want to be late?"
  

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so that you're not / so that you won't be late: both are better than the original.

— Philip

  • so that you're not / so that you won't be late: both are better than the original.
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so that you're not / so that you won't be late: both are better than the original.
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Hi,

The original sentence read "Do you have to hurry for your next class or are you going to be late?" He revised it into "Do you have to hurry for your next class so (that) you're not late?". I have a problem with his "so (that) you're not late.". Isn't it better to use "so (that) you won't be late."? or, in order to retain the sense of the original question, isn't it better to use "or
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Can I use the second part "or you want to be late" as a sarcastic rhetorical question? Something to this effect: "So, (do) you wanna tell us now, or are we waiting for four wet bridesmaids?" (Monica to Rachel in Friends Season 1 episode 1)
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Hi,



Yes, you can take that approach.



Clive
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Thank you so much! I'll post another question shortly. Hoping for your response Clive.
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Yes, your idea is absolutely right. It is better to use "do you want to be late? One thinks we should keep in our mind though it is correction as per language rule but many English are not used to it.
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