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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

~so that~, and that~

Every Metabaron is in his youth mutilated by his father so that his endurance to pain is tested, and that he receives a powerful mechanical body part as a replacement for the destroyed limb - making every Metabaron a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg.

I'd like to know why "so" has been omitted before "that" despite there not being an auxiliary verb (may, could).

Thank yo in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon d like to know why "so" has been omitted before "that" It is an editorial error. As is the comma after 'tested'.

— Mister Micawber

  • park sang joon d like to know why "so" has been omitted before "that" It is an editorial error.
  • As is the comma after 'tested'.
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park sang joond like to know why "so" has been omitted before "that"
It is an editorial error. As is the comma after 'tested'.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your kind answer. Emotion: smile

As is the comma after 'tested'.
I think the comma is
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The comma subordinates the clause to the one that precedes it, but they are coordinate in nature.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
I have known until now when two dependent clauses are connected with a coo
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park sang joonwhen two dependent clauses are connected with a coordinate conjunction, if the two are complete clauses two clauses should be connected with a comma
That is fine when that's all you've got, but here it seems to me that both clauses are a complement of 'mutilated'. You shouldn't separate one of them from its referent with a comma and the other not
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your another kind answer. Emotion: smile

That is fine when that's all you've got, but here it seems to
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park sang joonI was wondering whether you think "that" should have been dropped after "and."
That's a good solution to the problem. Maybe the writer was torn between 'so that' and zero conjunction and thereby ended up with just 'that'.
park sang joonI'd like to know what you meant by "the other."
The other clause (the first
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your continuing to answer. Emotion: smile

I'm so sorry, but I'd very much like to know what you intended to m
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Both of your sentences mean the same—#1 is passive and #2 is active. And neither says what I said:

You should not [separate one but not the other one].
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