A different sentence structure
https://financialpost.com/opinion/philip-cross-government-is-driving-inflation
In this article, there is a sentence that I fail to understand, as an English learner for nearly 20 years 
For his part, Fed Chair Jerome Powell has admitted that “Supply-side constraints have gotten worse. The risks are clearly now to longer and more persistent bottlenecks, and thus to higher inflation.”
Are "to longer and to higher" used as verbs here? What about more persistent? Can you please explain? Thank you in advance!
Top answer
The closed caption is accurate. He misspoke. When you say there is a "risk to" something, that something is threatened, and that is not what he meant.
- The closed caption is accurate.
- He misspoke.
- When you say there is a "risk to" something, that something is threatened, and that is not what he meant.
- He meant that the risk is longer and more persistent bottlenecks.
- I found video of this conference, and he stumbles over his grammar throughout.
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The closed caption is accurate. He misspoke. When you say there is a "risk to" something, that something is threatened, and that is not what he meant. He meant that the risk is longer and more persistent bottlenecks. I found video of this conference, and he stumbles over his grammar throughout. It is not easy for everyone to speak extemporaneously.
0cagincetAre "to longer and to higher" used as verbs here?
No.
They are adjectives modifying "bottlenecks"
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