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Old 24-Feb-2005, 14:53
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Are these sentences all correct:
1-I did it slowly enough that you may see how it is done.
2-I did it slowly enough for you to see how it is done.

3-I did it so slowly that you may see how it is done.

4-I did it slowly enough that you saw how it is done.

To me 3 sounds odd.

1 and 2 imply that my intention was that you see how it is done (maybe you didn't pay attention and didn't see), while 4 implies that the result was that you saw how it is done (maybe that wasn't my intention).

Am I correct?
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Old 25-Feb-2005, 01:53
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3- slowly so that??

I agree that 4 could be unintentional.

Again, I'd use 'might' in #1, but others might disagree.
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