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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To or in order to?

He went to the supermarket to/ in order to buy some groceries.
In this sentence, what is the difference between 'to' and 'in order to'? Are they interchangeable? Please explain it to me?
  

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There is no real difference in meaning, but adding in order expresses more emphatically why he went to the supermarket. CB

  • There is no real difference in meaning, but adding in order expresses more emphatically why he went to the supermarket.
  • CB
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There is no real difference in meaning, but adding in order expresses more emphatically why he went to the supermarket.

CB

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