Breakdown of Ils améliorent leur rentabilité en vue d'une acquisition.
une
a / an (feminine)
ils
they (masculine/mixed)
leur
their
améliorer
to improve
Questions & Answers about Ils améliorent leur rentabilité en vue d'une acquisition.
Why use en vue d' here instead of just pour?
The lesson also teaches dans le but de. Could I say ...dans le but d'une acquisition?
No, because dans le but de (with the goal of) must be followed by an infinitive verb, never a noun. To use it here, you would need to add a verb, such as dans le but de faire une acquisition (with the goal of making an acquisition). En vue de is more flexible and can be followed by either a noun or an infinitive.
Why is it leur rentabilité (singular) when the subject Ils is plural?
In French, when a plural subject possesses a single shared thing (in this case, the collective profitability of their company), the possessive adjective remains singular (leur). If they each possessed their own separate profitabilities, you would use the plural leurs.
Is rentabilité related to the English word "rent"?