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[shvetsov2005]

"The rewards of line management motivate talented people to seek line opportunities over professional ones".


Haven't they forgotten "IS TO"? Sholdn't it be "The rewards of line management IS TO motivate talented people..."

Or is that allowed in English to omit in such cases?
If yes, give me another example, please.

Alexander.

[Mister Micawber]

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No-- it is the potential rewards that do the motivating. The core sentence is:

Rewards motivate people to seek opportunities.
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[alan.es]

You change the meaning completely if you modify as you are suggesting.

"The rewards of line management motivate talented people to seek line opportunities over professional ones".

- this means that talented people look for promotion posts in line management (probably administrative/managerial) rather than in professional posts in the same company because line management is better rewarded, in pay, status, fringe benefits, etc.


Whereas:
"The rewards of line management IS ( should be ARE) TO motivate talented people to seek line opportunities over professional ones".

- this means that motivating talented people to look for promotion in line management rather than professional posts ARE the rewards for line managers rather than pay, status etc.