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[navi tasan]

Can one say:
1-I gave him the letter to see that he was mistaken about the date on which it was sent.
instead of:
1a-I gave him the letter for him to see that he was mistaken about the date on which it was sent.

Can one say:
2-I sent him the article to know what was going on here.
instead of:
2a-I sent him the article for him to know what was going on here.

Can one say:
3-I told him what had happened to know that his brother had lied to him.
instead of:
3a- I told him what had happened for him to know that his brother had lied to him.

[BobK]

No. Without the 'for him' the sentences are meaningless (without an unlikely and Macchiavellian context).

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