Grammer一問

1. so that/ so VS because. "I'm going round to the library so I can choose a book for my book report." However, if you use "I'm going round to the library so that I can pick a choose for my book report", "I'm going round to the library because I can choose a book for my book report." they are also correct. In this case, they mean the same thing --> I'm going round to the library for the fact that I can choose a book for my book report and I will do so. <-- this sentence sounds very cumbersome and complicated, because two individual independent clauses are linked together poorly. However, the question/statement before this sentence would be different. i.e.
A: "Why aren't you heading for home directly after school today?"
B: "I'm going round to the library so/ so that I can choose a book for my book report." <--Question is focused on why B isn't heading for home directly after school today.
A:"Why are you going round to the library?"
B: I'm going round to the library because I can choose a book for my book report." <-- Question is focused on why B chose to go round to the library.
If the first sentence isn't seen, than so/so that/because mean the same thing in the answer. But you would use them differently depending on the focus of the question.
so VS so that.
"I'm so tired" DOES NOT = "I'm so that tired"
"So that are you free?" DOES NOT equal "So are you free?"
"I slept early last night so that I could wake up earlier this morning." = "I slept early last night so I could wake up earlier this morning."
From this you can see that "so" has many different meanings. one of them is as an adjective - "super" "very" "I'm so (very) tired"
"So that are you free" is WRONG GRAMMAR. This sentence structure doesn't exist. Remember that. B: Can you go out with me on Saturday? A: I don't have class on Saturday... A: So are you you free? Using Chinglish, "So" here means the Cantonese "Gum hai ng hai jik hai nei duk han ar?"

2008-10-19 02:15:39 補充：
Same situation for so and so that.
The question focus is different.

2008-10-19 02:15:54 補充：
A: How could you manage to wake up earlier this morning? <--focus on waking up earlier
B "I slept earlier last night so that I could wake up earlier this morning.

2008-10-19 02:16:03 補充：
A: Why did you sleep earlier last night? <-- focus on sleeping earlier
B: "I slept earlier last night so I could wake up earlier this morning."

1. 所以/所以/因為
2.PRESENT PERFECT,PAST PERFECT TENSE
3.READ UR PREPO BOOK .
IN裡面
ON上面
AT一個PT

4.RELATED TO PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
SINCE:由幾時開始
FOR:TALKING ABT THE DURATION OF TIME

5.YET未
ALREADY已經

6.E.G. EAT*PRESENT
ATE*PAST
EATEN*PRESENT PERFECT(PAST PARTICIPLE)