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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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in order to do

0 It is said that when the infinitive used in a sentence is adverbial, to express some purpose, it can be replaced with 'in order to do.'02br
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00・I worked hard to pass the exam.=>I worked hard in order to pass the exam.02br
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00Now, I was told (by Jim) that the infinitive 'to add to our diet' in '00Let's look for salt to add to our diets.' is adverbial.02br
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00If the infinitive were replaced with 'in order to do', as 'Let's look for salt in order to add to our diets, would it still make sense? 02br
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00I mean, is it possible for the noun in front of 'in order to do' to be the object of 'do' in 'in order to do'?02br
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'12blockquote 10I wonder if that's really universally true. 02br 00CJ 0-

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01cite10Taka12cite10It is said that when the infinitive used in a sentence is adverbial, to express some purpose, it can be replaced with 'in order to do.'12blockquote
10I wonder if that's really universally true. ???00 01blockquote
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01cite10Taka12cite10I mean, is it possible for the noun in front of 'in order to do' to be the object of 'do' in 'in order to do'?12blockquote
10I don't think so... I wouldn't say "some things in order to do"... "These are some things in order to do" ??? I'd say "These are some things to do".02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10 11blockquote
11cite20Taka22cite20It is said that when the infinitive used in a sentence is adverbial, to express some purpose, it can be replaced with 'in order to do.'22blockquote
20I wonder if that's really universally true.  ???12br
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0 I'm sorry, but I don't know what adverbial means (I'm not interested in learning the specific names of what I learn), but...01blockquote
01cite10Taka12cite10If the infinitive were replaced with 'in order to do', as 11b11i10'Let's look for salt in order to add to our diets12i12b10, would it still make sense? 12
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10I'm sorry, but I don't know what adverbial means (I'm not interested in learning the specific names of what I learn), but...12br
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10For your information, check 'infinitive phrase' here:02br
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11cite20CalifJim22cite20 21blockquote
21cite30Taka32cite30It is said that when the infinitive used in a sentence is adverbial, to express some purpose, it can be replaced with 'in order to do.'32blockquote
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1i001.  Get some water to put this fire out!→1'. To put this fire out, get some water!02i02br
01i002.  I need some colorful paper to wrap this gift (in).→2' . To wrap this gift, I need some colorful paper.02i02br
01i003.  I need a sponge to wipe up this mess.→3'.  To wipe this mess, I need a sponge.02i02br
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0 In my opinion, they are all ok with "in order to", except #4 and #2 if you include the "in" at the end. Whether it's common or not is another matter... "in order to" is more formal, so it's normal it doesn't sound great in those informal examples.02br
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00In example #4 "pork chops" is the implied object of "cook", and so "in order to" doesn't work. To me, 01i01
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01cite10Taka12cite10Now, do you think 1'-9' sound right? In my opinion, 7'-9' work fine, but 1'-6' don't. Well, 1'-3' and 6' might work but 4'-5' in particular don't sound right.12blockquote
10The separation between 1-6 and 7-9 was, of course, the point I was making. There's nothing you've written here that I do
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