Verbる ことのないように

Verb-ru koto no nai you ni

JLPT N1 Chapter 143: Without doing, without meaning to, 12 of 12

Formation

Verb-dictionary form + ことのないように

Expresses the desire or effort to prevent something: 'so as not to...', 'to avoid...'.

When to use

ことのないように: so that X never happens (忘れることのないように).

Explanation

Verbる ことのないように is used to show that one is trying or intending to prevent some action from happening. It's like 'so that this doesn't happen' or 'in order not to...'.

Example sentences

Purpose (In Order To / So That)

Corpus examples (1)