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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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I am a Japanese teacher of English. What I'd like to know is which is the most casual of the sentences below.
1) I did not tell the truth in order not to hurt my mother.
2) I did not tell the truth so as not to hurt my mother.
3) I did not tell the truth so that I would not hurt my mother.
1) I did not tell the truth in order not to hurt my mother.
2) I did not tell the truth so as not to hurt my mother.
3) I did not tell the truth so that I would not hurt my mother.
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Those are all quite formal and rather stilted, Anon. A less formal version would be this: I didn't tell the truth, because I didn't want to hurt my mother.
- Those are all quite formal and rather stilted, Anon.
- A less formal version would be this: I didn't tell the truth, because I didn't want to hurt my mother.
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Those are all quite formal and rather stilted, Anon. A less formal version would be this:
I didn't tell the truth, because I didn't want to hurt my mother.
I didn't tell the truth, because I didn't want to hurt my mother.
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