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Sepmre

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Hi,

What does "as" mean at the begining of a sentence like the one below?

As to accomplish their daily tasks, employees need up-to-date information.As to accomplish their daily tasks, employees need up-to-date information.

You can find the source here.


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ChinaDan

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In this context, it means "in order", or, "to be able".

However, I would write it, "So as to..."
 

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The link just comes back to this thread.

In addition to CD's and Piscean's versions, you could start 'As to accomplishing ...'
 

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Yes. It defaults to download; I caught that and told it to open in Adobe Reader DC instead.
 

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You could just start with "To accomplish ..."
 

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Thank you all to be patient with me.

If I was allowed to post a new thread to thank you all, I would definitely do that.
 

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Thank you all [strike]to be[/strike] for being patient with me.

If I was allowed to post a new thread to thank you all, I would definitely do that.

See above. The "Thank" button is there precisely to avoid people posting thanks in new posts or new threads (but thanks for the thought!)
 
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