Dear NT:

You wrote:
> Consider these sentences:
> 1-He opened the door in such a way that everybody should see what was
> going on inside the room.
> 2-He opened the door in such a way as to allow everybody to see what was
> going on inside the room.
>
> Do these sentences mean:
>
> a-He decided to open the door in order to permit everybody to see what was
> going on inside the room. He needn’t have opened the door.
>
> OR:
>
> b-He deliberately chose a manner of opening the door which would permit
> everybody to see what was going on inside the room. (Maybe he had to open
> the door anyhow, but he could have been discreet).
>
Both interpretations seem to be reading more into the sentence than what the sentence implies. He opened the door. When the door was opened, people could see into the room. Period. There is nothing implied about his intent in these sentences.