Use of word ‘to’ in sentence; relation with verbs preceding or preceding a verb. usage must be considered.
I’ve been struggling for a long time over making a sense of a particular usage of “to”. “I’ve hired a new manager to attempt
to increase the company’s profits.” Please take a look at the sentence, please take a look at the sentence! Is
“to attempt to increase the company’s profits” explaining why the action in question (hiring) is undertaken by the subject, as in “I hired a manager because I want to increase the profits” or is it emphasizing the new manager as in “I hired a manager who will increase the profits”?
What would be my opinion on this.
What ambiguity does the sentence have? Why must the speaker be on the phone to increase profits of the business? Sadly, the sentence isn’t that clear, and without clarification from the speaker it’s difficult to tell whether the manager will try to increase profits, or whether the manager is the speaker’s attempt to raise profits.
I actually hired a shogun to kill some of my enemies, so I hire the two lattice. My weapons are cheap and they’re going to get killed if I leave them alone. What have they prepared for ninjas?
I’ve hired them in an attempt to kill the shogun. They have to try to kill the shogun. He is heavily guarded, and there’s no guarantee that they will succeed. They stay strong so long as they can. But also they are the agents of my
intention.
