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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A conjunction 'the'?

No film in history, to my memory, seduces the viewer into actively co-creating the piece as it unreels, as does "The Innocents." Immediately, vividly, and subtly, it arrests then implicates the viewer in every frame.

I have known "the" is an adjective, adverb, or conjunctive adverb, not a conjunction.
So I'd like to know how "then" can connect "arrests" with "implicates."

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

" The conjunction "and" has been omitted. It is optional. Immediately, vividly, and subtly, it arrests (and) then implicates the viewer in every frame.

— AlpheccaStars

  • " The conjunction "and" has been omitted.
  • It is optional.
  • Immediately, vividly, and subtly, it arrests (and) then implicates the viewer in every frame.
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Didn't you mean "then" and not "the?"

The conjunction "and" has been omitted. It is optional.
Immediately, vividly, and subtly, it arrests (and) then implicates the viewer in every frame.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your very helpful answer. Emotion: smile

The conjunction "and" has been omitted. It is optional.
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park sang joonThen, can I use "then" as the like of a conjunction without "and"?
I would not advise that until you are very confident of your writing style. The passage you quoted is very artistic and literary.
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