The general ordered all officers for their men to parade at dawn.
Is this acceptable? As far as I know, this is the general pattern: The general ordered all officers that their men should parade at dawn.
KeunChulLee Is this acceptable? No. The general order all officers to have their men parade at dawn.
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KeunChulLeeIs this acceptable?
No. The general order all officers to have their men parade at dawn.
KeunChulLeeAs far as I know, this is the general pattern: The general ordered all officers that their men should parade at dawn.
No. The general gave an order to all officers that their men should parade at dawn.
KeunChulLeeIs this acceptable? As far as I know, this is the general pattern: The general ordered all officers that their men should parade at dawn.
No. It's understandable and not wrong, but it's a pattern more suitable for use in one of the Romance languages. In English we'd say
The general ordered all officers to have their men parade at dawn.