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Speaker 1: Have you ever had to explain why you did something

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and then suddenly your brain freezes, like do I say

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I did it to help or so that I can help?

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Or is it in order to help so as to help? Ugh,

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it can get confusing, but don't worry. That's what we're

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going to sort out today.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine fifty six.

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So that so as to in order to and to

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talking about purpose in English. Hey, thanks to tuning in. So

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why are you listening to this podcast? Maybe it's so

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that you can improve your English, or in order to

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sound more natural, or just to have fun learning something today. Well,

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whether you say so that in order to so as

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to or too, you're talking about the purpose of doing something.

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And that's what these expressions are all about, showing the

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reason or goal behind an action. And let's start with

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the simplest one. Two. You can use two followed by

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a verb to show purpose, and this is the most

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common one in everyday conversational English, like I got up

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early to go to the airport, or I'm studying hard

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to get a good grade on the test. Using two

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followed by a verb like this is short and totally natural.

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We use this a lot and spoken English because it's quick,

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like I went to the store to buy milk. That's

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the reason I went to buy milk. Easy. Right. Now,

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let's take that same idea and make it a little

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bit more formal with in order to in order to

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also shows a purpose. It's the same idea, but it

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sounds a bit more serious or formal, like Jenny left

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work early in order to meet her sister for dinner,

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or I'm saving money in order to travel next year

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in order to has the same meaning as just too

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plus a verb, but it gives your sentence a little

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more weight, more importance, like the boss said, we need

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a better marketing campaign in order to increase sales. Now

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here's a tip. In everyday conversations, we usually don't say

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in order to unless you want to sound very clear

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or very formal, but it does come up in presentations, writing,

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or formal speech, like the company changed the policy in

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order to improve communication, or we need to act now

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in order to prevent problems. Now there's also a more

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formal phrase that you might come across so as to.

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This one also means the same thing as to or

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in order to, and we usually see so as to

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in writing or more formal speech, like the company implemented

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new security protocols so as to minimize the risk of

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data breaches. This sounds like something you read in a

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business report or company announcement. Here's another one. The government

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adjusted the text policy so as to stimulate economic growth

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in rural areas. Personally, I don't use this one much

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in everyday conversation, but it's good to recognize, especially if

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you're reading something formal like a news article or a

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business email, or you're taking one of those pestke exams

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like ailts or tofol Okay, now let's move on to

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sw that. So that is different because so that needs

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a full sentence after it, a subject and a verb,

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like I got up early so that I could catch

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the train. We moved the meeting earlier so that everyone

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could attend. Again, remember that, so that is followed by

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a subject and a verb, not just a verb. You

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can also use so that to talk about results or

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goals in a more personal way, like I take notes

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so that I can remember what I learned, or I

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speak clearly so that my students can understand me. Now

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you might be wondering what's the difference between two, and

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so that we use too when the subject is the

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same in both parts of the sentence, like I take

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notes to remember what I learned. That works same subject

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I in both parts. But when the subjects are different,

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you usually need sow that, like I explain things clearly

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so that my students understand. You can't say I explain

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things clearly to my students understand or something like that.

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That's not right because my students is a different subject

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from I. So so that connects those two parts together.

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And here's another tip. So that sometimes gives a feeling

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of intention or care, especially when you're doing something to

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help someone else, Like I printed out the documents so

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that everyone could read them. It shows you did something

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on purpose for a reason that helps others. Okay, let's

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do a quick recap. Two followed by a verb is

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short and very conversational. I go to the gym to

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stay healthy. In order to is more formal, I go

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to the gym in order to improve my health. So

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that needs a subject in a verb, I go to

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the gym so that I stay healthy, and so as

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to is the most formal sounding and is generally used

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in writing, like the Committee revised the policy so as

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to ensure compliance with international regulations. You can use any

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of these to talk about purpose. Just keep in mind

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the tone and sentence st and Hey, keep in mind

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the best way to remember English like this and any

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other word or phrase in English, is to take that

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word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true

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for you or true in your world, and then memorize

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your sentences. And that's how you build fluency. Hey, thanks

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for listening, and remember, learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you

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on your journey.

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