AS to +verb

[Sepmre]

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.

Thank you

 

[ChinaDan]

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

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

 

[Rover_KE]

The link just comes back to this thread.

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

 

[ChinaDan]

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

 

[emsr2d2]

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

 

[Sepmre]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

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!)