You know what I am just gonna find the core of the sentence I got Sabotage Vote will backfire... 7sage just expects me to know... Like these explanation are nonsense
hi, i have a question. Why isnt the kernel "the leaders sabotage the vote" with the subject being leaders, verb being to sabotage, and "the vote" being the object. Is it because I had to change the original phrasing of "to sabotage" into "sabotage"? Does that mean when you identify the kernel, you must keep the structure exactly as is and it must make sense as presented (leaders to sabotage the vote, doesn't hold up, for instance).
I am not trying to jump the gun, but I think this will help with my overall understanding of the LSAT. I understand the importance of identifying grammatical components, but I am having trouble getting how this applies to certain LSAT question types. Can anyone help clear this up please, I am very confused. Thank you!!
One recommendation for anyone struggling that has worked really well for me is to parse through a sentence the same way it's done here. If you take the subject and write it out in small sentence form, it becomes much easier, albeit time-consuming, but very simple to understand. Hope that helps!
I am not understanding this :( I've read all the explanations in the comments and I understand why "The attempts" is the subject, but I don't understand WHY. When I try a new sentence I just fail to even get close to identifying the subject or the predicate. Does anyone have any tips to help a girl out?!
See I thought the subject noun was the leaders since they are the first thing mentioned. Attempts seems to be a verb so I don’t see how it could be a subject noun.
Wouldn't the subject of this example sentence be "attempts" rather than "The attempts"? My assumption is that "The" functions as a modifier to "attempts" because it distinguishes any attempts from the particular attempts I am referring to -- "The" attempts.
I initially skipped this whole part of the course because I figured: Grammar, piece of cake. Now I'm coming back to it because wow is this important. A lot of issues I've had came from getting hung up on, or not recognizing subtle differences in the modifiers.
This is extremely hard, I'm not even anywhere close to the right answer. I thought "leaders sabotage the vote" is the kernel, which still doesn't make sense why it's not. Leaders as subject, sabotage as the verb, and the vote as the object. Can someone correct me?
Is "The attempts will backfire" really the kernel of the sentence? I thought the kernel would be just "Attempts will." First, isn't "the" a modifier of "attempts"? Which attempts? The attempts.
Hello. Could someone help me understand why "attempts" is the subject, and not "leaders"? If the sentence was " The opposition leaders attempts to sabotage the vote on the healthcare reform bill will backfire after the story is published. ", wouldn't "leaders" be the subject or would it still be "attempts"?
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You know what I am just gonna find the core of the sentence I got Sabotage Vote will backfire... 7sage just expects me to know... Like these explanation are nonsense
hi, i have a question. Why isnt the kernel "the leaders sabotage the vote" with the subject being leaders, verb being to sabotage, and "the vote" being the object. Is it because I had to change the original phrasing of "to sabotage" into "sabotage"? Does that mean when you identify the kernel, you must keep the structure exactly as is and it must make sense as presented (leaders to sabotage the vote, doesn't hold up, for instance).
I am not trying to jump the gun, but I think this will help with my overall understanding of the LSAT. I understand the importance of identifying grammatical components, but I am having trouble getting how this applies to certain LSAT question types. Can anyone help clear this up please, I am very confused. Thank you!!
im a little confused on why there is no object within this sentence. wouldn't the object be the healthcare reform bill? little lost.
One recommendation for anyone struggling that has worked really well for me is to parse through a sentence the same way it's done here. If you take the subject and write it out in small sentence form, it becomes much easier, albeit time-consuming, but very simple to understand. Hope that helps!
I am not understanding this :( I've read all the explanations in the comments and I understand why "The attempts" is the subject, but I don't understand WHY. When I try a new sentence I just fail to even get close to identifying the subject or the predicate. Does anyone have any tips to help a girl out?!
How and why are opposition leaders not the subject of the sentence? Attempts appears to be a verb
See I thought the subject noun was the leaders since they are the first thing mentioned. Attempts seems to be a verb so I don’t see how it could be a subject noun.
First example with archeologists had me struggling a bit BUT I got this one right away so yas!
I thought the subject was leaders...
Idk how we will have time to do all of this on the exam lol, we are already so crunched for time
Could someone explain why there is no object in the predicate -- I thought the object would be the bill.
Wouldn't the subject of this example sentence be "attempts" rather than "The attempts"? My assumption is that "The" functions as a modifier to "attempts" because it distinguishes any attempts from the particular attempts I am referring to -- "The" attempts.
I initially skipped this whole part of the course because I figured: Grammar, piece of cake. Now I'm coming back to it because wow is this important. A lot of issues I've had came from getting hung up on, or not recognizing subtle differences in the modifiers.
I thought opposition leaders was the subject. I thought "the attempts" sounded like an action/verb
This is extremely hard, I'm not even anywhere close to the right answer. I thought "leaders sabotage the vote" is the kernel, which still doesn't make sense why it's not. Leaders as subject, sabotage as the verb, and the vote as the object. Can someone correct me?
i might be confused but how is attempts a noun ?
Damn I might be stupid
Is "The attempts will backfire" really the kernel of the sentence? I thought the kernel would be just "Attempts will." First, isn't "the" a modifier of "attempts"? Which attempts? The attempts.
Also isn't backfire a modifier to will?
Why is the predicate not "to sabotage"?
Hello. Could someone help me understand why "attempts" is the subject, and not "leaders"? If the sentence was " The opposition leaders attempts to sabotage the vote on the healthcare reform bill will backfire after the story is published. ", wouldn't "leaders" be the subject or would it still be "attempts"?
How is "attempt" a noun rather than a verb? When someone attempts to do something, isn't it an action?
Hey guys!
If I'm getting confused with the jargon, take away the modifiers and say the sentence in my Yoda voice. Got it!
Why is it not Leaders sabotage the vote?
Subject: Leaders
Predicate: Sabotage + the Vote/Votes