When looking at an LR questions should i be breaking the sentences down to digestable pieces (figuring out the subject and predicate) then finding the premise and conclusion, or vice versa?
I feel like I need more explanation in predicate I know it's a verb or it starts with a verb. just in one of the exercises I feel like I don't understand it yet. predicate is an action word in a statement?
@KilluhKatt The predicate is the part of the sentence that indicates what the subject is DOING (which usually requires a verb.)
So for the sentence "Dog eats."
"Dog"=Subject, "Eats"=Predicate.
For a longer sentence, "Dog eats lots of meat."
"Dog"=Subject, "eats lots of meat"=predicate.
That's all a predicate is, just the part of the sentence/phrase that indicates the action of the subject. Or it's the part of the sentence that makes the subject more specific. So instead of simply a dog, we have a dog who eats lots of meat. Specific.
I think what's important to remember for us LSAT takers is we have to be able to distinguish who/what the subject of a sentence is (like the main character) and what exactly they are doing, or what makes them unique. As long as you can do that, you're good.
7sage, the definition of "subject" being "the thing that the sentence is about" is very misleading. The subject of a sentence is the thing doing the action.
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I feel like 7SAGE is amazing but in this lesson we could have been given a better example of subjects and predicates in a more complex way.
@ArmaniHunter05 In having made it this far without skipping anything, I agree. This felt lacking
When looking at an LR questions should i be breaking the sentences down to digestable pieces (figuring out the subject and predicate) then finding the premise and conclusion, or vice versa?
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Sentences must contain at least 1 clause.
Clauses must contain a subject and a predicate.
The subject must contain a noun. Subject = what the clause is about. (I.e., Dog)
The predicate must contain a verb. Predicate = what we want to say about the subject. (I.e., run)
Example: The dog can run.
Subject = The Dog (what the clause is about)
Predicate = can run (What the subject (the dog) is doing/saying).
all clauses contain a subject and a predicate
the subject always contains a noun and is what the clause is about
the predicate must contain and usually start with a verb and is the thing that we want to say about the subject
I feel like I need more explanation in predicate I know it's a verb or it starts with a verb. just in one of the exercises I feel like I don't understand it yet. predicate is an action word in a statement?
@KilluhKatt it is what we are wanting to say about our subject.
@KilluhKatt The predicate is the part of the sentence that indicates what the subject is DOING (which usually requires a verb.)
So for the sentence "Dog eats."
"Dog"=Subject, "Eats"=Predicate.
For a longer sentence, "Dog eats lots of meat."
"Dog"=Subject, "eats lots of meat"=predicate.
That's all a predicate is, just the part of the sentence/phrase that indicates the action of the subject. Or it's the part of the sentence that makes the subject more specific. So instead of simply a dog, we have a dog who eats lots of meat. Specific.
I think what's important to remember for us LSAT takers is we have to be able to distinguish who/what the subject of a sentence is (like the main character) and what exactly they are doing, or what makes them unique. As long as you can do that, you're good.
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7sage, the definition of "subject" being "the thing that the sentence is about" is very misleading. The subject of a sentence is the thing doing the action.
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#feedback I enjoyed the throwback to past lessons in this one
A great grammatical linguist by the name of Lil Wayne once said "I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate"
Solid comment.
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Would it be accurate to say that subjects are always going to be nouns and predicates are always going to be verbs
The next lesson has introduced predicates and I now know that predicates will always have a verb and also usually an object. Thanks.