Talk:order
what is the relation of law with order —This unsigned comment was added by 59.178.155.107 (talk) at 04:39, 6 January 2009 (UTC).
- See law and order for a start. DCDuring Holiday Greetings! 05:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Etymology[edit]
Many sources suggest
from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-, hence artus.[1]
, see e.g. here
Zezen (talk) 10:57, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Can the verb be intransitive?[edit]
Chambers 1908 has an intransitive sense: "to give command". Equinox ◑ 19:17, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Possible missing noun sense[edit]
Chambers 1908 has "due action towards some end, esp. in old phrase 'to take order'". Equinox ◑ 19:59, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
What meaning is used in in short order? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:29, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/banker%27s+order --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:35, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+order --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:39, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
'Ordered' + object + past participle[edit]
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 852 reads
The construction ordered + object + past participle (often expressed in the passive) is first recorded in 1781 in AmE ( These things were ordered delivered to the army—J. Witherspoon). BrE normally requires the insertion of to be before the past participle.
OED reads: Also with ellipsis of 'to be' (chiefly U.S.), but every example is in the form ordered too. https://oed.com/oed2/00164588
What is the reason behind this structure of ? I cannot recall anything similar in grammatical terms. --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:54, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN