Never to be heard of again

[Sarah]

Hello !

I do hope there will be someone willing to explain to me the structure of the following sentence :

'He went to America never to be heard of again.

Can I follow this 'pattern' and create sentences like these:
1. She joined our company always to be competing
with other colleagues.
2. She joined our company often to be praised by the boss.

Do these sentences make any sense ?
Any suggestion will be appreciated .

Best wishes

Sarah

[Torsten]

Hi Sarah,

The construction you are referring to in your first example is called passive infinitive which is often used in notices and instructions like:

The exercise is to be done three times a day.

or

This key is to be returned within 24 hours.

The phrase never to be heard of again which also contains a passive infinitive is used when something or someone seems to have vanished forever.

Your other two sentences might be grammatically correct but they do sound a little awkward and there are probably ways to express the same ideas more clearly.
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[Sarah]

Hello,

Thank You for the answer.
I greatly appreciate it.

All the best