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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What mead the Model T so cheap [to produce] for a mass audience

By the time production stopped in 1927, more than 15 million Model Ts had been sold, and the price had been reduced, making the cars even more affordable for the masses of people who wanted to buy them.
What mead the Model T so cheap to produce for a mass audience?and ultimately such a gold mine?was the interchangeability of its parts.
I think the grammatical subject of "to produce" is "Model T."
So, I was wondering why the author wrote not "to be produce" but "to produce."
And I'd like to know for what meaning and why "and" is used.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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The meaning is "What made the Model T so cheap for the factory / the employees / etc. and ultimately made the Model T such a gold mine? "

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  • The meaning is "What made the Model T so cheap for the factory / the employees / etc.
  • and ultimately made the Model T such a gold mine?
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The meaning is "What made the Model T so cheap for the factory / the employees / etc. to produce?and ultimately made the Model T such a gold mine? ..."
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Thank you, GPY, for your very helpful answer. Emotion: smile

The meaning is "What made the Model T so cheap for the factory / t
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park sang joonI thought it is "a mass audience" that is "such a gold mine" and "a mass audience" is in apposition to "such a gold mine."And so, I'd like to know if my assumption is fully wrong.
Yes, that's wrong. It is the Model T that was a gold mine (i.e. highly lucrative).
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