'order + doing' or 'order + to do'
Protests have erupted at several major airports in the U.S. after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order blocking visitors and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for the next four months.
This question is not about politics.
I was just wondering if 'order + doing' is grammatically correct? Does 'blocking...' modify 'order' behind? Like, sleeing modifies the baby in 'The baby sleeping here is my son'.
I think that 'order + to do' is correct
Like, order (to do something) The general gave the order to advance.
Or is there a meaning difference between 'order + doing' and 'order + to do' ?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual!
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Hans51 I was just wondering if 'order + doing' is grammatically correct? Yes. It it is a modifier, describing the kind of order; an order which blocks visitors from...
- Hans51 I was just wondering if 'order + doing' is grammatically correct?
- Yes.
- It it is a modifier, describing the kind of order; an order which blocks visitors from...
- The infinitive would be used after the verb.
- President trump ordered all border guards and airport security personnel to block visitors from...
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Hans51I was just wondering if 'order + doing' is grammatically correct?
Yes. It it is a modifier, describing the kind of order; an order which blocks visitors from...
The infinitive would be used after the verb.
President trump ordered all border guards and airport security personnel to block visitors from...
0Hans51an executive order blocking visitors and ...
~ an order by the executive (i.e., the president) [for the purpose of blocking visitors / which will block visitors / which was issued to block visitors / which was issued in order to block visitors] and ...
Note that even if you paraphrase with two "order"s, they mean two different thi
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