Subject of "thereby"
I wrote the following sentence as a part of one of my essays. I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me whether the usage of "thereby" is correct of not in the sentence. The main reason for this is I'm not precisely sure about the subject of "thereby phrase": is it "individuals" or the whole first clause could be considered to be the subject (These days the majority of individuals have hectic lifestyles ).
These days the majority of individuals have hectic lifestyles thereby having a limited amount of time to spend on their breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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A, thereby B. ~ A, and by this means B. A tells us how B was able to happen.
- A, thereby B.
- ~ A, and by this means B.
- A tells us how B was able to happen.
- The eagle flies over the lake and catches a fish, thereby providing lunch for her eaglets in the nest.
- How was the eagle able to provide lunch for the eaglets?
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A, thereby B. ~ A, and by this means B. A tells us how B was able to happen.
The eagle flies over the lake and catches a fish, thereby providing lunch for her eaglets in the nest.
How was the eagle able to provide lunch for the eaglets? She was able to do that by flying over the lake and catching a fish.
You can't do this for your sentence. We don't ask how the majori
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the majority of individuals is the implicit subject of the participle clause after 'thereby'.
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