College Composition / Unit 6 CMP 0140 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Faulty Predication
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The idea
Faulty predication pairs a subject with a predicate that cannot logically apply to it.
In practice
"The required qualification is someone who writes well" equates a qualification with a person; "The required qualification is the ability to write well" fixes it. "Nurses are a career" should be "Nursing is a career."
Where people slip
Ask whether the subject can really do or be what the predicate says.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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