I know what the word means, but I’m unsure how to use it in a sentence. In my native language, Danish,“backorder” translates to “Restordre” and when something is unavailable, we say it’s"i Restordre",which translates directly into English as “in backorder”, but I’m not sure that’s correct English. Do English people say that or just “backordered” or something else?
Everyone was giving the right answer here, but not why. (Edit: oops, must have missed the response by intensely_human!)
The preposition “on” is used with “backorder” because it indicates a state or condition of something. For example, we can say “on fire”, “on hold”, “on sale”, “on hiatus” or “on display” to describe the situation of something.
The preposition “in” is used to show the location or position of something, such as “in the box”, “in the car”, or “in the city”.
The preposition “for” is used to show the purpose or reason of something, such as “for fun”, “for work”, or “for sale”.
Therefore, “on” is the most suitable preposition to use with “backorder”.
(but as someone else noted, you probably wouldn’t confuse anyone if you said “in” or “for”.)
In teresting
Why always "in"teresting, but never "on"teresting? /s
Except for “in flux”, as a description of a state of being
Or in pain, in understanding, in accordance with, in support of, in disbelief, etc.
English in a nutshell. Here is a rule. It always works except in this 300 million examples when not. I hate it.
Just remember each individual word and phrase in the English language, easy peasy!
I’d argue that “on” is used more when something physical and specific is happening rather than a concept happening
That just means “inside the flux capacitor”. Like an abbreviation.
Not necessarily. When a situation is “in flux” it is changing or unstable.
flux capacitor
And we could say “in backorder status”. Thank gods I was born to English and didn’t have to learn it.
Thank god I grew up around a lot of English content because learning any other language has been nigh impossible even if their closer related to my mother tongue.