in order to

[GoldfishLord]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.

Source: https://www.google.co.kr/amp/s/www....n-more-in-aid-to-ukraine-as-war-hits-6-months

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Could "In order" be inserted before "to"?

 

[emsr2d2]

It could but it's not necessary.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Could "in order" also be inserted before "to fight for"?

 

[Barque]

No. "To fight" there means "for the purpose of fighting".

You aren't helping yourself by analysing each word like this. In English you need to understand phrases and sentences as a whole.

I was one of those who told you that "to" could mean "in order to" but that was to explain the meaning of a specific phrase. Also, it doesn't apply to every use of the word "to".

You could insert the words "in order" before the first "to" but the phrase is fine as it is and adding them would make the sentence unnecessarily longer.

 

[Rover_KE]

It’s rarely necessary to insert ‘in order’ before’to’.

 

[GoldfishLord]

No. "To fight" there means "for the purpose of fighting".

You aren't helping yourself by analysing each word like this. In English you need to understand phrases and sentences as a whole.

What's the meaning of the bold part?

 

[emsr2d2]

What's the meaning of the bold part?

Your approach isn't helping you.

 

[GoldfishLord]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.

Is "including imminent plans" a part of the clause that starts with "that"?

 

[jutfrank]

No.

 

[Barque]

The imminent plans are included in the longer term campaign. The longer term campaign will keep more American troops in Europe.

 

[GoldfishLord]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.

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Is the red part a noun phrase?

 

[jutfrank]

$3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come

The blue part is the salient noun phrase to notice. '$3 billion in aid' is a sum of money to be given from the US to Ukraine. The red part expresses the purpose of this money.

 

[GoldfishLord]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.

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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced $1 billion in funding to help developing nations fight climate change and said he planned to find $500 million to curb deforestation in the Amazon rainforest during a virtual meeting with leaders from some of the world's richest nations.

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This is what makes me confused.
The bold parts have similar structures.
I'm not sure whether "funding to help developing nations fight climate change" is a noun phrase or whether "to help developing nations fight climate change" expresses the purpose of "$1 billion in funding".
What do you say?

 

[jutfrank]

or whether "to help developing nations fight climate change" expresses the purpose of "$1 billion in funding".

Exactly right.

$1 billion in funding to help developing nations fight climate change

It's exactly the same structure as the sentence we looked at in post #12.