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   TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   Hi, Anton Shepelev!   
   I read your message from 01.07.2019 19:10   
      
      
    AK>> I meant something like this:   
    AK>   
    AK>> "Instead of which," I said, "in a month's time I take the most   
    AK>> 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 examination) was   
    AK>> replaced by "to", so that to be shorter.   
      
    AS> "so as to be shorter." "so that" is a conjunction and requires a   
    AS> dependent clause.   
      
   "So as" and "so that" are interchangeable. "So as" is less common, however.   
      
    AS> Your quotation is in perfect English, even with the classic first-   
    AS> person "should". Nothing, however, was replaced in the answer, but   
    AS> the verb phrase "take the most important examination of your   
    AS> career" was simply omitted.   
      
   As was "speaks" in my previous sentence with "to".   
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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