| 词组 | in order to |
| 释义 | in order to Commentators concerned with saving words (including Bremner 1980, Flesch 1964, Bernstein 1965, and Copperud 1960, 1964, 1970, 1980) would have you regularly delete in order from this useful phrase. Follett 1966, on the other hand, says that objections to the phrase are pedantic. One thing the phrase accomplishes is to eliminate the possibility of ambiguity. It is often used in contexts where reduction to to would be ambiguous. • I had to borrow $2,500 from Elliott Nugent, and damn near left The New Yorker for Paramount Pictures in order to live —James Thurber, letter, 2 June 1958 • It may therefore, perhaps, be necessary, in order to preserve both men and angels in a state of rectitude —Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791 Of course, there are many contexts where ambiguity is not a problem. It may prove useful to look over these examples—they span some two and a half centuries— from the point of determining how many would be improved by deleting in order: • ... till better Care be taken in the Education of our young Nobility, that they may set out into the World with some Foundation of Literature, in order to qualify them for Patterns of Politeness —Jonathan Swift, A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue, 1712 • As whisk and swabbers was the game then in the chief vogue, they were obliged to look for a fourth person, in order to make up their parties —Henry Fielding, Jonathan Wild, 1743 • ... even went the length of reading the play of "King John" in order to ascertain what it was all about — George Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron's Profession, 1886 • I dreamed last night that I had to pass a written examination in order to pass the inspection there — Robert Frost, letter, 22 Mar. 1915 • With which understanding one may with all propriety open a discourse on poetry in order to show that poetry is older than prose —Leacock 1943 • ... it is always strange to what involved and complex methods a man will resort in order to steal something —William Faulkner, "Centaur in Brass," in Collected Stories, 1950 • The critic betrays an unconscious admiration ... in the sublime images he is driven to in order to express the depths of his exasperation —John Butt, English Literature in the Mid-Eighteenth Century, edited & completed by Geoffrey Carnall, 1979 • First let me say that it is with great reluctance that I am raising my own allowance. In order to do that, I am increasing the self-imposed debt limit —And More by Andy Rooney, 1982 We suspect you will not find many improvements made simply by dropping in order. In several cases (perhaps especially those of Frost and Butt/Carnall) in order avoids real awkwardness. In others considerations of rhythm and emphasis may be judged to apply. The thoughtful writer strives not for mere conciseness, but also for ease of communication. Many of the little phrases that brevity buffs think unnecessary are the lubrication that helps to smooth the way for your message to get across. |
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