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What does "so that" mean?
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In order that, as in I stopped so that you could catch up.
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With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now so that it will arrive on time.
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so ... that. In such a way or to such an extent that, as in The line was so long that I could scarcely find the end of it. All three usages date from a.d. 1000 or earlier, and the first two are sometimes put simply as so, as in I stopped so you could catch up, or Mail it now so it will arrive on time.