for them to realize

[navi]

Are these sentences correct:

1) We need time so that our friends realize that our ideas are good.
2) We need time for our friends to realize that our ideas are good.

3) I need time so that the oven gets to the right temperature.
4) I need time for the oven to get to the right temperature.

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Gratefully,
Navi


Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
Obsessed with ambiguity
Interested in strange structures

[Peter Moylan]

Post by navi
1) We need time so that our friends realize that our ideas are good.
2) We need time for our friends to realize that our ideas are good.
3) I need time so that the oven gets to the right temperature.
4) I need time for the oven to get to the right temperature.

(2) and (4) look good. The other two are technically correct, but sound
unnatural.

I would modify (4) to change the subject.

(4a) The oven takes time to get to the right temperature.

[kazu]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by navi
1) We need time so that our friends realize that our ideas are good.
2) We need time for our friends to realize that our ideas are
good.
3) I need time so that the oven gets to the right temperature.
4) I need time for the oven to get to the right temperature.

(2) and (4) look good. The other two are technically correct, but
sound unnatural.
I would modify (4) to change the subject.
(4a) The oven takes time to get to the right temperature.

yes, 4a sounds natural.

or 2a) To realize that our ideas are good, our friends need time.