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以免 (so as to avoid)
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Just in case
- The forecast is uncertain, and you're heading out for the whole day.
- you你to take along with one带上umbrella雨伞，so as to avoid以免to get soaked淋湿。 — "Take an umbrella so you don't get soaked."
Action，so as to avoid以免 + unwanted result
- so as to avoid以免 = "so as to avoid, lest": the first clause is a precaution, the second the result you want to avoid.
- It starts the second clause: please请keep保存safely好the receipt收据，so as to avoid以免losing it丢失.
please请keep保存safely好the receipt收据，so as to avoid以免losing it丢失。
Complete: “Keep the receipt so you don't lose it.” 请保存好收据，____丢失。
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以免 + unwanted result.
Warnings and instructions
- to drive a car开车o'clock时don't不要to see看cell phone手机，so as to avoid以免to happen发生accident事故。 — "Don't look at your phone while driving, to avoid accidents."
- (把: marks the object)把the medicine药put放at在a high place高处，so as to avoid以免children孩子reach it拿到。 — "Put the medicine up high so children can't reach it."
把the medicine药put放at在a high place高处，so that … not以免children孩子reach it拿到。
Build: “Put the medicine up high so children can't reach it.”
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Precaution，以免 + unwanted result.
Only unwanted results
- What follows so as to avoid以免 is something bad you want to avoid; for a positive goal use so that以便: early早a bit点儿to set off出发，so that以便on time准时to / arrive到.
- Do not add not不 after so as to avoid以免: so as to avoid以免to arrive late迟到, not so as to avoid以免not不to arrive late迟到 (that would mean the opposite).
“Leave early so you arrive on time.” Which fits? 早点儿出发，____准时到达。
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A positive goal takes 以便.
so as to avoid以免 versus to avoid免得 and to avoid省得
- to avoid免得 / to avoid省得 mean the same in speech: early早a bit点儿leave走，to avoid免得traffic jams堵车.
- so as to avoid以免 is more formal and common in instructions and notices.
early早a bit点儿leave走，to avoid免得traffic jams堵车。
免得 is a spoken equivalent of 以免.
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Both introduce something to avoid.
Recap
- Precaution，so as to avoid以免 + unwanted result = so as to avoid (formal).
- Positive goals take so that以便; spoken equivalents to avoid免得 / to avoid省得; no not不 after so as to avoid以免.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Conjunctions.
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