MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d1a3076   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5d1a0c5e   
   PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> I meant something like this:   
   AK>   
   AK>   "Instead  of which," I said, "in a month's time I take   
   AK>   the most important examination of my career."   
   AK>   
   AK>   "I should advise you not to." (Ch. Snow)   
   AK>   
   AK> I.e.  the  main  idea  (I  take   the   most   important   
   AK> examination)  was  replaced  by  "to",  so  that  to  be   
   AK> shorter.   
      
   "so as to be shorter."   "so  that"  is  a  conjunction  and   
   requires a dependent clause.   
      
   Your  quotation is in perfect English, even with the classic   
   first-person "should".  Nothing, however,  was  replaced  in   
   the  answer,  but  the  verb phrase "take the most important   
   examination of your career" was simply omitted.   
      
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