could somebody help me understanding the difference between んがため and べく? They
both mean "In order to", but I don't think they are interchangeable. Could
somebody provide me some examples to understand the difference?
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Difference among んがため and べく?
せんがため is a dated and an emphatic expression that should be rather taken as
"just because", unlike すべく. That's the difference.
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べく is stiff and literary. んがため is even more literary and often theatrical.
This ん is an archaic volitional auxiliary, and が is an archaic possessive
particle explained [here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/39264/5010).
Grammatically (ん)がため works like のため. See also: [Is there a difference between
んがため and ために?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5396/5010)
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