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24 Dec 2017
- Spanish (Mexico)
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English (US)
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Question about English (US)
do these sound natural?
I came here so as to improve
I came here in order to
I worked a lot so my brother can travel
I worked a lot so that my brother can travel
do these sound natural?
I came here so as to improve
I came here in order to
I worked a lot so my brother can travel
I worked a lot so that my brother can travel
I came here so as to improve
I came here in order to
I worked a lot so my brother can travel
I worked a lot so that my brother can travel
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- English (US)
Fairly good.
Just one or two improvements so it sounds more fluent when reading.
I came here to improve.
I came here in order to ( I’m not sure what this’s referring to so I can’t help)
I worked a lot so my brother can travel.
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Spanish (Mexico)
@ineedhelplearning are those (what you wrote) the most common ones?
- English (US)
Well I’m not sure exactly what you mean when mentioning “the most common ones”.
If you’re referring to mistakes, (“Are those the most common mistakes?”) then I’d say they are common with the questions I have answered I.e Adding too many words or having a lack of them.
If you are referring to the most common phrases, they would be common in a conversation about your home, different countries ect. It seems that’s a very common conversation when getting to know people better so I’ed say they are.
- Spanish (Mexico)
@ineedhelplearning
I mean, for example, the first sentence had "so as to" on it, the second one had "in order to" but you reduced them to "to" so using "so as to" and "in order to" is not so common I guess
I mean, for example, the first sentence had "so as to" on it, the second one had "in order to" but you reduced them to "to" so using "so as to" and "in order to" is not so common I guess
- English (US)
You’re right.
In a normal conversation it’s okay to use “so as to”, “in order to” but since it takes up time native English speakers tend to cut it out (some times subconsciously).If someone is comfortable using them and doesn’t mind the “time factor” they still sometimes use them in conversation so it is not rare to hear.
- Spanish (Mexico)
@ineedhelplearning Thanks, amm don't they sound formal or something like that if they say the complete phrase ?
- English (US)
Sorry for the delay in answering.
Yes it does sound a little formal (in my opinion) but people don’t seem to mind when formal language is used in a casual situation.
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