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Navitasan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Used it for us...
Are these sentences correct:
1) I used a joke for them to realize their mistake.
Meaning: I used a joke to make them realize their mistake.
2) I used those words for the professor to understand that I could talk like her.
3) I'm thinking about using a car for us to go to work.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) I used a joke for them to realize their mistake.
Meaning: I used a joke to make them realize their mistake.
2) I used those words for the professor to understand that I could talk like her.
3) I'm thinking about using a car for us to go to work.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
(3) possibly works best, though it seems to be wanting "in" at the end. The others hardly seem possible.
- (3) possibly works best, though it seems to be wanting "in" at the end.
- The others hardly seem possible.
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(3) possibly works best, though it seems to be wanting "in" at the end. The others hardly seem possible.
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Thank you very much, GPY,
How about:
1a) I used a joke so that they would realize their mistake.
1b) I used a joke to make them realize their mistake.
2s) I used those words so that the professor would understand that I could talk lik
How about:
1a) I used a joke so that they would realize their mistake.
1b) I used a joke to make them realize their mistake.
2s) I used those words so that the professor would understand that I could talk lik
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All those seem OK to me. I do not see substantial differences in meaning. By itself, "that made them" has less of a sense of deliberate purpose than "so that they" and "to make them", but the wording "I used", which itself implies deliberate purpose, reduces the effect of this.
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