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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Any better expression or any corrections? no.4

I drank a lot of coffee in order to stay awake.
I drank a lot of coffee so that I could keep myself awake.

I drank strong coffee in order not to fall asleep.
I drank strong coffee so that I would not fall asleep.
  

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All are OK including #4. "in order" is optional in #1. "

— Teechr

  • All are OK including #4.
  • "in order" is optional in #1.
  • "
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All are OK including #4.
"in order" is optional in #1.
#2 could be rewritten as: "I drank a lot of coffee to keep myself awake."
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"I drank a lot of coffee so that I could keep myself awake" might be passable I suppose, but doesn't sound exactly right to me. The part " ... so that I could keep myself awake" would better fit a description of preparatory activity, e.g. "I took along a lot of coffee so that I could keep myself awake".

The others are all OK.
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teechr#2 could be rewritten as: "I drank a lot of coffee to keep myself awake."
I hadn't seen your post when I replied, but this reads much better to me.
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