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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

so that

Can I say,

(a) The masked men waited for the guard to take their lunch so that they had chance to rob the shop.
  

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You can [with "a" in front of chance ]. It might be better as The masked men waited for the guard to go for their lunch before they had a chance to rob the shop .

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  • You can [with "a" in front of chance ].
  • It might be better as The masked men waited for the guard to go for their lunch before they had a chance to rob the shop .
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You can [with "a" in front of chance].

It might be better as The masked men waited for the guard to go for their lunch before they had a chance to rob the shop.
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I don't think this is what you meant to say. Note what their refers to -- the only plural noun that precedes.
The masked men waited for the guard to take their lunch so that they had chance to rob the shop.
It seems to me they would have waited for the guard to take his lunch.
As it is, you have the men waiting for the guard to steal their (the men'
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