Navitasan Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Did not play my best so that/for him to
1-I did not play my best so that the child could beat me.
2-I did not play my best, so that the child could beat me.
3-I did not play my best for the child to beat me.
4-I did not play my best, for the child to beat me.
5-I did not play my best in order for the child to beat me.
6-I did not play my best, in order for the child to beat me.
Are these sentences correct?
They are all supposed to mean:
For the child to beat me, I did not play my best.
My intention was for the child to beat me and that is why I did not play my best.
It seems to me that the comma is option in the first pair but necessary in the other two pairs.
2-I did not play my best, so that the child could beat me.
3-I did not play my best for the child to beat me.
4-I did not play my best, for the child to beat me.
5-I did not play my best in order for the child to beat me.
6-I did not play my best, in order for the child to beat me.
Are these sentences correct?
They are all supposed to mean:
For the child to beat me, I did not play my best.
My intention was for the child to beat me and that is why I did not play my best.
It seems to me that the comma is option in the first pair but necessary in the other two pairs.
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If you wish to express this idea idiomatically then all you need is "I let the child beat me."
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