Saturday, September 6, 2014

grammar - What is the grammatical designation of "that" in "...that she may have..."?

The following sentence is the Modern English translation of a line from the Old English poem Judith:




He (God) advanced a gracious favour to her, that she may have a steadfast faith.





My question isn’t really about the Old English. The conjunction that introduces a sense purpose like so that.



My question: what do we call this that (without the so), which presents a purpose?

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