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[Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz>]

> I have to write an official document in proper english and one of my
> coworkers always uses the expression "in order that" even in that
> document. I've been told at school that the only correct one is "in
> order to", and some ppl on #sourcemage confirmed that, but some other
> pointed to some text where "in order that" was used. I haven't found
> anything on the net to confirm or contradict that.
>
> So, I'd like the opinion of good english speakers here please. :)

Of course I am neither good english speaker nor writer. :-)
I just ask Dr. Google:
"in order that"  is found 9 330 000 times
"in order to" is found 329 000 000 times

so "in order to" is better. :-)

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Ladislav Hagara