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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Conjunction questions
Hi all,
I've got a couple of (multiple choice) conjunction questions.
1. The girls strived to ?nish the project all night till dawn ---- out in the morning that the deadline was a week from that day.
a- only to find
b- in order to find
2. In the end,---- unwillingly and under tremendous pressure, he admitted having committed forgery over the past two years in
that branch of the bank.
a- though
b- despite
3. The layout of the exam papers should be diligently organized ---- the students won’t get confused or scared on the face of it.
a- so that
b- in case
1. I chose option b. But the answer key says option a. I don't understand the grammatical structure here. As far I know, "in order to" and "to" are actually the same things. Am I wrong?
2. I chose option b. But answer key says option a is the correct answer. Why?
3. I chose option b. But answer key says option a. So that and in case have similar meanings. What makes "in case" grammatically wrong here?
Thank you.
I've got a couple of (multiple choice) conjunction questions.
1. The girls strived to ?nish the project all night till dawn ---- out in the morning that the deadline was a week from that day.
a- only to find
b- in order to find
2. In the end,---- unwillingly and under tremendous pressure, he admitted having committed forgery over the past two years in
that branch of the bank.
a- though
b- despite
3. The layout of the exam papers should be diligently organized ---- the students won’t get confused or scared on the face of it.
a- so that
b- in case
1. I chose option b. But the answer key says option a. I don't understand the grammatical structure here. As far I know, "in order to" and "to" are actually the same things. Am I wrong?
2. I chose option b. But answer key says option a is the correct answer. Why?
3. I chose option b. But answer key says option a. So that and in case have similar meanings. What makes "in case" grammatically wrong here?
Thank you.
Top answer
1) a) O nly to find... means ( having done XYZ,) they then learned.... to make it possible for them to find out .
- 1) a) O nly to find...
- means ( having done XYZ,) they then learned....
- to make it possible for them to find out .
- 2) Despite would be followed by being unwilling , and would not fit with under tremendous pressure in this context.
- 3) In case would be followed by a positive statement in this context.
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a) Only to find... means (having done XYZ,) they then learned....
b) Yes, in order to and to can mean the same thing, but here In order to find out means ....so that they could find out, or ...to make it possible for them to find out.
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a) Only to find... means (having done XYZ,) they then learned....
b) Yes, in order to and to can mean the same thing, but here In order to find out means ....so that they could find out, or ...to make it possible for them to find out.
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