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When casually browsing through _A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar_ , one
of the example sentences for _〜なくなる_ has left me puzzled.

> この郊外{こうがい}も地下鉄{ちかてつ}が来{き}て不便{ふべん}ではなくなった。
>
> This suburban area is no longer inconvenient because there's a subway now.

My understanding of this sentence is as follows:

  * この郊外 (this suburban area)
  * も (?)
  * 地下鉄が来て (because the subway comes [cause])
  * 不便ではなくなった (stopped being inconvenient any more)

Is the meaning of も the one of a ["non-assertive
subject"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/51841/usage-
of-%E3%82%82-in-a-specific-context)? Seems somewhat odd to me, but then, I'm a
beginner.
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grammar meaning particle-も
Mysterious も in この郊外も地下鉄が来て不便ではなくなった
も is a very common particle. Some describe it as "inclusive", and it's often
translated as "even / also / too".

In this particular context, the も implies that " **even** this suburb[an
area]..." The underlying value judgment is that the subway is just so darn
convenient, that it makes things so much better **even** in this area outside
of the downtown.

**Side note:**

Don't rely (just) on translations to try to understand the nitty-gritty of
Japanese grammar. There are so many things about Japanese that just don't fit
very well into an English sentence. (Vice versa too, where English grammatical
concepts don't translate well into Japanese, such as the "a" vs. "the"
distinction, or plurals, or gender, etc.)
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