Read the sentence.
nola and i prepared dinner for the family.
how is the underlined nominative pronoun used in the sentence?
as a nominative absolute
as a predicate nominative
as a compound subject

a) Nola and I prepared dinner for the family

The underlined nominative pronoun is used in the sentence as a compound subject. A compound subject is a subject made up of two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating conjunction and that share the same predicate.

In a) the coordinating conjunction "and" is joining the two subjects ("Nola" and "I") and the verbal predicate they share is "prepared dinner for the family".  

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

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