so that

1. In order that, as in I stopped so that you could catch up .

2. With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now so that it will arrive on time .

3. 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 .

Example Sentences

So that would seem to mean Musk has a long way to go — except that this goal is also not what it seems.

From Los Angeles Times

The deal doesn’t adjust either figure for inflation, so that could do part of the job of increasing Tesla’s adjusted annual earnings from the $16.6 billion it recorded last year.

From Los Angeles Times

"If he refuses to act," the letter adds, Sir Keir must call for next week's summit to be relocated to the UN's offices in Geneva, Switzerland, so that the Palestinian officials can attend.

From BBC

More than 15 years after graduating from Cerritos College, he’s trying to pay it forward — by hosting the college’s education students in his classroom so that they can earn their fieldwork hours.

From Los Angeles Times

"You're given it in one hand and it's taken away in the other, so that's not a lot of good," she says.

From BBC