Wednesday, December 18, 2013

grammaticality - I have a bodyguard in order to protect myself


I have a bodyguard in order to protect myself.




I was told that I cannot have a stative verb in the required condition:





I have a bodyguard




But I don't understand how "I need to study in order to pass the exam" is correct when "need" is stative.



I was also told that the subject has to do the infinitive, so the following is wrong:




in order to protect myself.





I was told the sentence should be written as:




I hired a bodyguard in order to stay protected.




Is this correct, or is there no problem with my original sentence?




My question is about in order.

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