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Aous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

In oreder + adverb + to (verb)

0 Tell someone something in order deliberately to annoy him.02br
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00 I found this structure in a grammar book. I used to thought that the only form we should use is:02br
00 In order to + (Adverb) + verb02br
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00 Are both forms correct? Or may be "to" is attached to the verb rather than to "in order". 0-
  

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02br 02b 02br 01i 00"Tell someone something in order deliberately to annoy him"02i 00 sounds awful to me. It could have been written by some prescriptivist who was afraid to split an infinitive... 02br 02br 00This is just my opinion, maybe your sentence sounds perfectly fine to someone else...

— Kooyeen

  • 02br 02b 02br 01i 00"Tell someone something in order deliberately to annoy him"02i 00 sounds awful to me.
  • It could have been written by some prescriptivist who was afraid to split an infinitive...
  • 02br 02br 00This is just my opinion, maybe your sentence sounds perfectly fine to someone else...
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0 Hi,02br
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01b00 Tell someone something in order to deliberatly annoy him.02br
00 Tell someone something in order to annoy him deliberately.02br
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01i00"Tell someone something in order deliberately to annoy him"02i00 sounds awful to me. It could have been written by some prescrip
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0 It was written by a grammarian, but it sounds somewhat odd.02br
00May be he is a prescriptivist !!0-
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