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[Paul Mahon <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

You might also run into "in order for" which is as valid as "in order
to."

On Wed, 2006-18-10 at 11:48 +0200, Ladislav Hagara wrote:
> > 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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