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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

ordereb shut / to be shut / be shot?

Hello,

America ordered the airbases shut

America ordered the airports to be shut

America ordered the airbases be shut

Are all the three alternatives correct? I don't understand the first one. Is the past participle "shut" used alone as in the first sentence? Does this rule apply to all verbs or only to the ergative verbs? Thanks.
  

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Hello Anon 1. America ordered the airbases shut. 2.

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  • Hello Anon 1.
  • America ordered the airbases shut.
  • 2.
  • America ordered the airports to be shut.
  • 3.
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Hello Anon

1. America ordered the airbases shut.

2. America ordered the airports to be shut.

3. America ordered the airbases be shut.
I would take #1 as an ellipsis of #2, which is the standard version, and #3 as an ellipsis of:
4. America ordered that the airbases be shut.
I wouldn't myself use #1 or #3, as they sound a little odd to me, but they may well so
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