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Nitrous696 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Conjunction Help

Which sentence is proper?

I am doing my homework tonight so it can be completed by tommorow.

I am doing my homework tonight, so it can be completed by tommorow.
  

Top answer

First, you needn't place a comma after tonight. What did you mean by 'so'? I'm doing my homework tonight in order to complete it by tomorrow.

— Paulio

  • First, you needn't place a comma after tonight.
  • What did you mean by 'so'?
  • I'm doing my homework tonight in order to complete it by tomorrow.
  • I'm doing my homework so that to complete it by tomorrow.
  • I'm doing my homework so that to get it completed by tomorrow.
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First, you needn't place a comma after tonight. What did you mean by 'so'?
I'm doing my homework tonight in order to complete it by tomorrow. I'm doing my homework so that to complete it by tomorrow.
I'm doing my homework so that to get it completed by tomorrow.

All the aforementioned 'in order to', 'so that' carry the meaning of purpose.
I'm doing my homework therefore it
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I was told that a comma is required when you are using a conjunction, which is "so" in this case, to join two independent clauses. Isn't this the case here?

Here, the first clause is "I am doing my homework tonight", and the second clause is "it can be completed by tommorow", therefore, we would need a comma before "so" right?
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Nitrous696I was told that a comma is required when you are using a conjunction, which is "so" in this case, to join two independent clauses. Isn't this the case here?

Here, the first clause is "I am doing my homework tonight", and the second clause is "it can be completed by tommorow", therefore, we would need a comma before "so" right?

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