Question about in order to
The student told his instructor that he enrolled in th course to improve his German.
May I use 'in order to improve' to replace 'to improve' ? thank you!

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Question about in order to
The student told his instructor that he enrolled in th course to improve his German.
May I use 'in order to improve' to replace 'to improve' ? thank you!

Answer

Yes you could!  However, in some contexts the use of the infinitive (to improve) already suggests "in order to..."  So it's definitely OK, but you can also cut it out without too much problem here.

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Yes, you could say "The student told his instructor that he enrolled in the course in order to improve his German."

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