Questions & Answers about Préparez la transition de façon qu'elle soit très fluide.
Why do we use the subjunctive soit here instead of the indicative est?
Because de façon que is being used to express an intended purpose or goal. Since the first verb is a command (Préparez), the smooth outcome hasn't happened yet. If the sentence were describing a past event with a realized result, you would use the indicative instead. Could I use de sorte que in this sentence instead?
Yes! De sorte que, de façon que, and de manière que are practically interchangeable in this context. You could say de sorte qu'elle soit très fluide and the meaning remains exactly the same. Could I just use pour que to mean 'so that' here?
Yes, pour qu'elle soit très fluide also works perfectly and requires the subjunctive. However, de façon que adds a slight nuance about the method or manner, translating closer to 'in such a way that,' whereas pour que purely expresses the end goal. Why do we use elle instead of ce before soit?
The pronoun elle refers directly back to the feminine noun la transition. You would only use ce (as in ce soit) if you were referring to a general, unnamed situation or idea, rather than a specific noun already mentioned in the main clause. Learn Préparez la transition de façon qu'elle soit très fluide and more in French
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