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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Natural Sentence

Could you check whether the following sentence sounds natural?
Thank you.

Tom has to talk with Ahn in order that he gets some advice from her and then decides a topic of the next week presentation.
  

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lucas21c Tom has to talk with Ahn in order that he gets some advice from her and then decides a topic of the next week presentation. I see you are having trouble with using " in order " in a sentence. You are trying to pack too much into a sentence.

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  • lucas21c Tom has to talk with Ahn in order that he gets some advice from her and then decides a topic of the next week presentation.
  • I see you are having trouble with using " in order " in a sentence.
  • You are trying to pack too much into a sentence.
  • "Has to " means "he must ".
  • No, not only it is not natural, it is unclear as well.
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lucas21cTom has to talk with Ahn in order that he gets some advice from her and then decides a topic of the next week presentation.
I see you are having trouble with using " in order " in a sentence. You are trying to pack too much into a sentence. "Has to " means "he must ". No, not only it is not natural, it is unclear as well. Do you mean this ?
Tom wan
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1. How about "He married another woman (that he doesn't love) in order that he pleased Ann (who is his really beloved one)?" That is, does "He married another woman in order that he pleased Ann" sound natural?

2. If my original sentence sounds unclear, could you tell me how does it can be interpreted in another way? I can't understand why it sounds unclear...
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"In order that" strikes me as very formal and stilted. "In order to" would be infinitely better.

He married another woman in order to please Ann.

And this sounds even better:

He married another woman just to please Ann.
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lucas21c"He married another woman (that he doesn't love) in order to please Ann (who is his really beloved one)?" That is, does "He married another woman in order that he pleased Ann" sound natural?
I am not sure of your story line but as far as the constructi
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