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- From: Flavien Bridault <vlaaad AT sourcemage.org>
- To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:56:48 +0200
Le mercredi 18 octobre 2006 à 11:48 +0200, Ladislav Hagara a écrit :
> > 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. :-)
>
Funny, I see that you use the same method as me... ^^
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[SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Mathieu L., 10/18/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Ladislav Hagara, 10/18/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Flavien Bridault, 10/18/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question, Mathieu L., 10/18/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question, Paul Mahon, 10/18/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Flavien Bridault, 10/18/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Jeremy Blosser, 10/18/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question, Jeremy Blosser, 10/18/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question, Mathieu L., 10/18/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] [off-topic] english question,
Ladislav Hagara, 10/18/2006
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