LINKERS OF PURPOSE AND REASON

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LINKERS OF PURPOSE AND REASON

• GRAMMAR

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• To talk about the purpose of an action
• TO / IN ORDER (NOT) TO / SO AS (NOT) TO
  INFINITIVE
• I hired a car to tour the island.
• I started the website in order to save money.
• SO / SO THAT CLAUSE
• Id love to go to Alaska so I can have a white
  Christmas!
• He took a notebook so that he could write
  about his holiday.

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• To talk about the reason for an action or event
• AS / BECAUSE / SINCE CLAUSE
• As the flight was cancelled, we stayed an
  extra night.
• James started the website because he wanted to
  travel.
• Since the weather was bad, we spent the day at
  the hotel.
• BECAUSE OF NOUN / NOUN PHRASE
• He couldnt go jet-skiing because of the bad
  weather.