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Somebody forgot to lock the door. It must have been Jack because he was the last to
leave.
The speaker is fairly sure that it was Jack who forgot to lock the door.
Somebody forgot to lock the garage door. It may/might/could have been Jack. He used
the garage today.
There is a less certain possibility here.
Somebody forgot to lock the garage door. It can't/couldn't have been Jack. He didn't use
the garage today.
The speaker is fairly sure that it is not the case.
SO THAT
We have to use "so that" to talk about purpose of doing something. (PARA, DE ESTA
MANERA, ASI PUES) We use "so that":
1. When the purpose is negative (so that... don't / won't / wouldn't ...).
EXAMPLES:
o She put the tickets in her bag so that she wouldn't forget them.
o Leave your watch here so that you don't / won't lose it.
EXAMPLES:
They moved to the country so that they could start growing their own vegetables.
3. When a person does something so that another person does something else.
EXAMPLES:
I gave her my mobile telephone so that she could call her parents.
She entered quietly so that her parents wouldn't hear her come in.