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[Anonymous]

Hi,
Are these correct, and do all have the same meaning?

1. He walked very slowly with the drinks not to spill them.
2. He walked very slowly with the drinks in order not to spill them.
3. He walked very slowly with the drinks so as not to spill them.
4. He walked so slowly with the drinks as not to spill them.

5. He walked very slowly with the drinks in order that he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
6. He walked very slowly with the drinks so that he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
7. He walked very slowly with the drinks so he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
8. He walked very slowly with the drinks lest he should spill them.
9. He walked very slowly with the drinks lest he spill them.

10. He walked so slowly with the drinks that he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
11. He walked so slowly with the drinks he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.

Thanks a million.
Happy Independence Day!
Ann

[Rusty]

1. He walked very slowly with the drinks not to spill them.
2. He walked very slowly with the drinks in order not to spill them.
3. He walked very slowly with the drinks so as not to spill them.
4. He walked so slowly with the drinks as not to spill them.
(1-3 have the same meaning. 4. sounds unnatural).
5. He walked very slowly with the drinks in order that he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
6. He walked very slowly with the drinks so that he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
7. He walked very slowly with the drinks so he wouldn't/mightn't spill them.
8. He walked very slowly with the drinks lest he should spill them.
9. He walked very slowly with the drinks lest he spill them.
(6-7 have the same meaning as 1-5. These sentences mean that his purpose in walking slowly was not to spill the drinks.
8-9 are a little different, although the meaning is much the same.
They say that if he didn't walk slowly he might spill the drinks).

10. He walked so slowly with the drinks that he wouldn't<strike>/mightn't</strike> spill them.
11. He walked so slowly with the drinks (that) he wouldn't <strike>/mightn't</strike> spill them. (More natural with "that").
(10-11 express the opinion of the speaker, not the intent of the walker).