grants workers a floating holiday to choose to take Juneteenth or another day off

[GoldfishLord]

South Carolina state legislature passed a law earlier this year that grants workers a floating holiday to choose to take Juneteenth or another day off in place of Confederate Memorial Day.

Source: https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/sou...-confederate-memorial-day-but-not-juneteenth/

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Does the "to" in "to choose" mean "in order to"?
Does the "to" in "to take" mean "in order to"?
What's the grammatical construction of "to choose to take Juneteenth or another day off"?

 

[Tarheel]

I would sincerely like to know what you think the sentence means.

 

[GoldfishLord]

I think that "to" in "to choose" doesn't mean "in order to" but that "to choose" mean "which can be choosen".
I also think that "to" mean "to take" mean "in order to".
What do you say?

 

[White Hat]

I think that could be paraphrased as follows: 'South Carolina state legislature passed a law earlier this year that grants workers a floating holiday, allowing them to choose to take Juneteenth or another day off in place of Confederate Memorial Day.'.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, I agree with White Hat's interpretation above.

I can't comment confidently on the use of the to-infinitive because I'm not sure I understand it myself. The sentence seems to me to be poorly expressed.