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Are both these sentences correct?
Are both these sentences correct?
"Perhaps you would be kind enough to add the examples for the prepositions that you have suggested, so that non-native English speakers will be able to see their usage."
"Perhaps you would be kind enough to add the examples for the prepositions that you have suggested, that non-native English speakers will be able to see their usage."
"Perhaps you would be kind enough to add the examples for the prepositions that you have suggested, so that non-native English speakers will be able to see their usage."
"Perhaps you would be kind enough to add the examples for the prepositions that you have suggested, that non-native English speakers will be able to see their usage."
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I think both sentences are correct, but I would expect to see so that much more often than just that . However, Webster's Third New International Dictionary does not in any way restrict this conjunctive use of that : that conj 2a -- used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause expressing purpose or desired result <cutting down expenses that her son might inherit an unencumbered estate -- W. B.
- I think both sentences are correct, but I would expect to see so that much more often than just that .
- However, Webster's Third New International Dictionary does not in any way restrict this conjunctive use of that : that conj 2a -- used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause expressing purpose or desired result <cutting down expenses that her son might inherit an unencumbered estate -- W.
- B.
- Yeats>; often preceded by so or in order and sometimes by to the end .
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I think both sentences are correct, but I would expect to see so that much more often than just that.
However, Webster's Third New International Dictionary does not in any way restrict this conjunctive use of that:
that conj 2a -- used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause expressing purpo
However, Webster's Third New International Dictionary does not in any way restrict this conjunctive use of that:
that conj 2a -- used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause expressing purpo
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