Restaurants aim to please.
In the sentence, "please" is used as an intransitive, meaning "to make someone happy or satisfied". Does the sentence make sense to you?
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3Sure. To paraphrase, "The goal of restaurants is to satisfy."– JimCommented Jan 2, 2015 at 2:25
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I did not read this question until after I wrote my answer to your question about pleasing. There I mentioned the phrase 'willing to please'. It serves a similar funtion as 'aims to please' and shows that both phrases are commonly used. One could say that the restaurant is 'willing to please' its customers.– user6951Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 6:05
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Yes. "Aim to please" is a normal English idiom, at least in the U.S. It's often heard in the sentence "We aim to please."
