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Navitasan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Purpose

Are these sentences correct:

1-What I did was so that you'd realize you can't trust him.
2-What I did was in order for you to realize you can't trust him.
3-What I did was for you to realize you can't trust him.


Meaning: My intention in doing what I did was so that you'd realize you cant trust him.
  

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These are commonly used, but I believe they'd be considered lower register, or for casual conversation. I'd say they're technically incorrect because the complement of the being verb should be adjectival or gerundive (in the old sense). I think yours are adverbial.

— Avangi

  • These are commonly used, but I believe they'd be considered lower register, or for casual conversation.
  • I'd say they're technically incorrect because the complement of the being verb should be adjectival or gerundive (in the old sense).
  • I think yours are adverbial.
  • " is more widely accepted.
  • " You can see that this is ambiguous, and can be taken as (what you did) or (why you did it).
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These are commonly used, but I believe they'd be considered lower register, or for casual conversation. I'd say they're technically incorrect because the complement of the being verb should be adjectival or gerundive (in the old sense). I think yours are adverbial.

IMHO, "I did this so that you'd realize etc." is more widely accepted.

It would be okay (I hope) to follow "what I
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What I did was intended to make you realize you can't trust him.
I did what I did to make you realize you can't trust him.
I did what I did so that you would realize that you can't trust him.
What I did was intended to show you that you can't trust him.
I did what I did to show you that you can't trust him.
I did [it / that] to make you realize that you can't trust him.
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