enriching to the scientists and to the communities

[GoodTaste]

It seems to me that the phrase "enriching to the scientists and to the communities" is better without "to": For "enriching the scientists and the communities" sounds saccinct.

The question here is: What the difference is between the phrase with to and the phrase without it.

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“If scientists — in their public activities or in their classrooms — are explicitly or implicitly signaling that these cornerstones of many people’s identity are incompatible with valuing science, they undermine their own and others’ efforts to support broader and more inclusive engagement with science,” said Robert O’Malley, director of the Engaging Scientists in the Science and Religion Dialogue project. “These profiles show how scientists can engage with diverse communities in ways that are enriching to the scientists and to the communities themselves.”

Source: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 19 August 2020
https://www.aaas.org/news/profiles-s...us-communities

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

You're right. It could be more concise. You could also remove the the before communities.

The writer might have done it to stress that there are two benefits.

Or not.

 

[emsr2d2]

Simply removing the "to" leads to a somewhat unnatural sentence and, for me, changes the meaning somewhat. That's partly because in the original, "enriching" is an adjective but when you remove "to" you change it into a continuous verb.

... in ways that are enriching to the scientists and to the communities. (Original)
... in ways that are enriching the scientists and the communities. (With "to" removed. It's not natural to use the continuous in this context)
... in ways that enrich the scientists and the communities. (This works.)

I disagree with Charlie about removing "the". It is necessary before both "scientists" (because it's the specific scientists involved) and before "communities" because it refers to the specific diverse communities mentioned earlier in the sentence. I appreciate that some people might assume the definite article refers to both the nouns that follow, but some might assume it means specific scientists but unspecified communities.

 

[Tdol]

It's an adjective to me too, so I would leave to in, though you could delete the second.