That sentence really reads like a metaphor for how power works—"the fat cats learned to harmonize" implies that once the elites stopped competing and started collaborating, they quietly consolidated control. And then "took over the world" not through force, but through coordination
The concept of parsing sentences with one subject and two predicates is especially important for answer choices we see on reading comp.
Take the following example of an answer choice from PT 33 RC:
“Most readers (subject) of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published concluded (predicate #1) that it was simply a domestic novel and were thus disinclined (predicate #2) to see it as an attempt to provoke thought.”
The core of the sentence breaks into 2 clauses.
1. readers concluded
2. readers were disinclined
Now. Let’s modify this baby to make these independent clauses.
readers. All readers? No, most readers. Most readers of Harry Potter? No most reader of Jacob’s narrative. Most readers of Jacob’s narrative that lived long after it was published. No, most readers of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published. Ok there is our subject entirely modified.
“Most readers of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published”
Let’s dive into the predicates. What about these readers.
Well they concluded. Okay concluded what? That it was a simply a domestic novel. Okay. Did they do anything else? Yes. They were disinclined to see it as a.. what? A good book? No. As an attempt to provoke thought.
Okay so now we see it.
1. Most readers of Jacob’s novel when it was first published concluded that it was simply a domestic novel.
2. Most readers of Jacob’s novel when it was first published were disinclined to see it (referring back to Jacob’s narrative) as an attempt to provoke thought.
1 subject two predicates.
But wait, there is more!
The sentence does that the first predicate caused the second predicate, we know this by the use of the word “thus.” The tow subject-predicate statements are independent clauses, but the sentences, by using one word, indicates to us that the predicates have a causal relationship.
Interesting,
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Conjunction junction, whats your function?
That sentence really reads like a metaphor for how power works—"the fat cats learned to harmonize" implies that once the elites stopped competing and started collaborating, they quietly consolidated control. And then "took over the world" not through force, but through coordination
Am I wrong in assuming that combining both predicates with "and" sometimes implies that the first predicate caused or led to the second.
For example:
"The man used 7sage and got a 180 on the LSAT."
That sentence has a different implication than if it were two sentences:
"The man used 7sage." "The man got a 180 on the LSAT."
I feel like in the example in the video too, it can be read that cats harmonizing helped them take over the world.
The old student rediscovered the structure of grammar and enjoyed the simple elegance of language.
this is so tediousss ughh :(( but thank you for the lessons they are helpful.
The concept of parsing sentences with one subject and two predicates is especially important for answer choices we see on reading comp.
Take the following example of an answer choice from PT 33 RC:
“Most readers (subject) of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published concluded (predicate #1) that it was simply a domestic novel and were thus disinclined (predicate #2) to see it as an attempt to provoke thought.”
The core of the sentence breaks into 2 clauses.
1. readers concluded
2. readers were disinclined
Now. Let’s modify this baby to make these independent clauses.
readers. All readers? No, most readers. Most readers of Harry Potter? No most reader of Jacob’s narrative. Most readers of Jacob’s narrative that lived long after it was published. No, most readers of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published. Ok there is our subject entirely modified.
“Most readers of Jacob’s narrative when it was first published”
Let’s dive into the predicates. What about these readers.
Well they concluded. Okay concluded what? That it was a simply a domestic novel. Okay. Did they do anything else? Yes. They were disinclined to see it as a.. what? A good book? No. As an attempt to provoke thought.
Okay so now we see it.
1. Most readers of Jacob’s novel when it was first published concluded that it was simply a domestic novel.
2. Most readers of Jacob’s novel when it was first published were disinclined to see it (referring back to Jacob’s narrative) as an attempt to provoke thought.
1 subject two predicates.
But wait, there is more!
The sentence does that the first predicate caused the second predicate, we know this by the use of the word “thus.” The tow subject-predicate statements are independent clauses, but the sentences, by using one word, indicates to us that the predicates have a causal relationship.
Interesting,