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"From mapping the dark between stars to the patterns of disease outbreaks, who is making maps today, and what those maps are used for, says a lot about the modern world." (The Guardian.)
Is From mapping the dark between stars to the patterns of disease outbreaks, who is making maps today, and what those maps are used for a prepositional phrase (form) and the subject (function) in the sentence above?
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The sentence is horribly mangled. It should not have seen the light of day. I parse it like this.
- The sentence is horribly mangled.
- It should not have seen the light of day.
- I parse it like this.
- [ From mapping the dark between stars to (mapping) the patterns of disease outbreaks,] (Initial adverbial) [who is making maps today and what those maps are used for] (subject) says a lot about the modern world.
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The sentence is horribly mangled. It should not have seen the light of day.
I parse it like this.
[From mapping the dark between stars to (mapping) the patterns of disease outbreaks,] (Initial adverbial) [who is making maps today and what those maps are used for] (subject) says a lot about the modern world.
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