Why expansion is behind approaches and what is the structure and meaning of this sentence below ？
Hello, eveyone !

Here I have a problem when reading this following sentence:

A look at the systematic way the Islamic state approaches expansion .

Thanks very much in advance : D

Question

Why expansion is behind approaches and what is the structure and meaning of this sentence below ？
Hello, eveyone !

Here I have a problem when reading this following sentence:

A look at the systematic way the Islamic state approaches expansion .

Thanks very much in advance : D

Answer

The phrase above is actually what's known as a 'fragment' - it's not an actual sentence.  Most newspaper articles will have a "summary line" under their article title, and this appears to be summarizing the article in question.

It is saying that the article will be "A look at the way ISIS expands" or in other words "we will discuss how ISIS expands".  But "expansion" is being used as a noun here and "approaches" is a verb - some appropriate synonymous phrases that would mean roughly the same thing as "approaches expansion"
- "...thinks about its growth"
- "...organizes its conquests"
- "...plans out its enlargement"

Hope this helps - feel free to reach out with further questions.

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Should I add"to" between approaches and expansion"?

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It's from New York news

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