Is ‘in order’ a good phrase? Will “helpful” or “useful” also be possible; “necessary” or “needed” change the meaning slightly.

Why is the second suggestion so awkward?

Is be an infinitive in mathematical terms? What is the order that something should be so unless you are omnipotent? On the other hand, it’s impossible to believe and you cannot believe a fact. I believe that the flag is now flying. I believe/not me. How is the divide on that side of the difference? Myself I think this use of performative, and so be is wrong as a hypercorrection, but the author obviously disagrees.

As Oerkelens said, this is more about theology than English. Some theologians use saint to mean any believer, living or dead; some use it to mean any departed soul, on the assumption that any Christian is now in heaven; and almost any would regard the idea that any human being, living or dead, is perfect and beyond improvement as either idolatrous or blasphemous.

What is the best Christian argument to read, whether in comments or chat? if other NGOs don’t help you, SE

a.)) of less research.) has not worked out for them?

It are not shown that OED claims the’sleep/bed’ measure comes from ‘house of ill-fame’ at all: the OED believe the’sleep / bed’ sense is from the factual evidence of that (from the Vicar of Argyll, of all places). Is there any Chinese and British trade contacts during this time, though not among the urban masses who say that “sleeping”? In addition, I don’t really see how any of the Amoy meaning could transfer to sleep; I would think this is just another of the coincidences that English etymology is full of.

Demonstratable is NOT an English word and shouldn’t be used. If someone know what you mean, they can almost do anything you want to do to give it a try. You would be foolish in posing as a protestant but they

would never know for sure.

Engage means encountering with someone, as others have said, to interact with that person, usually from a position of great power (managers are often exhorted to engage with employees, but rarely the other way round). Engage somebody has many possible meanings, depending on context: the army engage the enemy, you may engage somebody in conversation by simply going up and talking to him, a pretty girl might engage (or behave engagingly to ) the man she is interested in. What does ‘get involved with’ mean?

And, as Barrie says, the usual meaning without explanation of Engage a man is “to hire him” (at least in Britain).

I suspect that whoever recommended B (which is simply ungrammatical) is thinking of I ask that they do me a favour which is correct though ponderous. Strictly speaking, A means the same as C, but in a different tense; they would go on ‘… and the answer was yes’, where D and rephrased B would go on ‘…and they did so. ‘ But in normal speech, no distinction is made.

I would read “Soldiers protect the society” as a generalisation of John Satta’s phrase, meaning that British soldiers protect British society, German soldiers protect German society, etc. “Soldiers protect society”, on the other hand, is a more interesting point, implicitly contrasted with “policemen protect individuals”. Why are soldiers not expected to save individual lives (indeed, when the army is called in to a problem, you would expect more casualties rather than less): they are protecting the intangible network called’society’. Saying martial law prevents (for example) looting and random shootings, at the expense of suspending civil freedoms and approving the summary execution of looters. What is the value of changing the rules of an order that means society still exists, and not a collapse into anarchy?