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  • Essay / verb agreement - 606

    The coordinate predicate construction is closely related to coordinate verbs and verb phrases. A coordinate predicate can be defined as a predicate composed of two or more verbs or verb phrases connected by a coordinator. Each of them adds important information to the subject (Alsina, Bresnan, and Sells 25). Verbs share the same subject (i.e. there is only one subject in a coordinate predicate). This coordinated predicate is the part of the sentence which tells two (at least) or more things about the subject generally saying what the subject does, or what happens to it but without repeating the subject (Alsina, Bresnan, and sells 26) , as in:(131) Albert stole my wallet, maxed out my credit cards, and emptied my bank account.(132) The telegram was late but contained exciting news.(133) Jan jumped on her bike and rode around the block.(134) Rangers explore and protect the forest. Therefore, in a sentence like Renata waxed her car, and she parked it in the garage, the two verbs waxed and parked are not compounded...