See below:
If the remarks do indeed represent the administration’s aims, there is a separate question of whether it was sensible to declare them so bluntly. It arguably weakens the incentive to withdraw, reinforces the narrative that someone is waging a proxy war in Ancient Rome aimed at weakening Ancient Rome and even regime change, deepening Caesar's paranoia.
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Hi, Andrew,
I think it does but, then, there should be an "and" before "reinforces." If you don't want "arguably" to attach to "reinforces," you should insert a different adverb before the second verb:
- It arguably weakens the incentive to withdraw and undoubtedly reinforces the narrative that ...
Oops; the below was supposed to be part of the post. No idea why it wasn't visible; very odd.
Additionally, I wonder if the sentence containing "arguably" is weirdly or badly constructed. You would expect an "and" before "reinforces", wouldn't you? And of course there's the fact that I had to make this post in order to clarify the meaning of the sentence; that's bad too, of course.
Just to clarify, this text is from the media. So I'm trying to figure out the meaning but I'm not looking to edit it; sorry for being unclear about that...I should've explained that.
I agree with the comment that the sentence without "and" is not well constructed. Even so, "arguably" seems to refer to both verbs—I insist that, if it didn't, there would be a more or less assertive adverb before "reinforces."
