in order for

in order for
in order for
This allows a looser construction than in order that and avoids attendant problems with the mood and type of the following verb:

• In order for this to work, the change from symmetry to broken symmetry must have taken place very slowly inside the bubble —Stephen Hawking, 1988.

This construction should be distinguished from the expression in order meaning ‘acceptable, allowable as a procedure’, which can be followed by for:

• Is it in order for us to ring up your father and ask him to dine? —Ngaio Marsh, 1977.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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