Explain the difference in pairs between this pair of sentences.

i)The thief ran so fast that I could not catch up with him.

ii)The thief ran fast so that I could not catch up with him.

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i)I am a slow runner.

ii)The thief did not want me to catch up with him.

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marto answered the question on September 29, 2017 at 08:17

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