Absolute and qualified predication matters when judging a coordinated expression. If one clause contains a condition and another does not, the reader must determine whether the qualification governs one clause or both.
Two unqualified assertions or two similarly conditioned clauses can show clear parallelism. Yet mixed qualification may itself be purposeful. The scope of the condition and the speaker's intended judgment must guide the rhetorical analysis.
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Refining the Jāmiʿ and the Conditions of Elegant Coordination
Absolute and qualified predication matters when judging a coordinated expression. If one clause contains a condition and another does not, the reader must determine whether the qualification governs one clause or both.
Two unqualified assertions or two similarly conditioned clauses can show clear parallelism. Yet mixed qualification may itself be purposeful. The scope of the condition and the speaker's intended judgment must guide the rhetorical analysis.