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by thetrystero » Fri May 29, 2009 5:06 pm
The ancient Egyptians seemed to center their lives about death. It was important for a body to remain as nearly intact as possible in order that it might enter to the afterlife.

What's wrong with the underlined part?
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by SanjeevK » Sat May 30, 2009 3:53 am
In order that is somewhat awkard. "so that" seems better
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by marshmallow » Sat May 30, 2009 5:31 am
"in order that" is not idiomatically correct.
the right idiom should be "in order to". What're the other choices anyway?
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