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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

In order to or since can be interchanged in a sentence?

- He has to eat healthy food, in order to be in shape
- In order to be in shape, he has to eat healthy food

- Since it's not raining, they will surely go the restaurant
- They will surely go the restaurant, since it's not raining

Can I interchange 'Since' or 'In order to' in the sentences like above? If the answer is, yes, how they vary in conveying the idea?
  

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The sentence order can be changed the way you've done. "

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The sentence order can be changed the way you've done. Note that a comma isn't necessarily needed if the subject comes first in the sentence: "He has to eat healthy food in order to be in shape."
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So we can write the sentence in either way?
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Wonder123So we can write the sentence in either way?
Yes, we can write the sentence in both ways and the meaning conveyed is still the same.
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So we have the freedom to write in any way we want?
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As I told you, we can express the meaning of this sentence by writing in those both way.
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Sica by writing in those both way.
... by writing in both those ways.
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Wonder123- He has to eat healthy food, in order to be in shape- In order to be in shape, he has to eat healthy food- Since it's not raining, they will surely go the restaurant- They will surely go the restaurant, since it's not raining
When the clause that starts with "in order to" or "since" is first, use the comma.
When you reverse the position of the cl
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Wonderful explanation, thanks a lot.
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