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Difficulty: HardSubordination and Coordination

The physicist Lise Meitner played a crucial role in the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938. While she co-led the team that analyzed the experimental results, she was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this was awarded solely to her collaborator Otto Hahn.

Which choice best completes the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. she was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was awarded solely to her collaborator Otto Hahn.Answer
  3. C
    she was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; which was awarded solely to her collaborator Otto Hahn.
  4. D
    having been excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was awarded solely to her collaborator Otto Hahn.

Answer

she was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was awarded solely to her collaborator Otto Hahn.
The correct choice properly provides a main independent clause ('she was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry') to resolve the introductory dependent clause starting with 'While.' It then uses the relative pronoun 'which' to create a non-essential relative clause, which is correctly separated from the main clause by a comma.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the grammatical structure of the beginning of the sentence.
The sentence starts with the dependent clause 'While she co-led the team that analyzed the experimental results,' introduced by the subordinating conjunction 'While'.
Identifying the opening clause helps determine what kind of clause must follow it to form a complete, grammatically correct sentence.
2
Identify the structural requirement for the main clause of the sentence.
An introductory dependent clause must be followed by a comma and a complete independent clause.
A sentence without an independent clause is a fragment, and joining clauses incorrectly can lead to run-on sentences or comma splices.
3
Evaluate the relationship between the main clause and the trailing clause about the Nobel Prize.
The final clause provides supplementary information about the Nobel Prize. The correct way to join this dependent information is by using the relative pronoun 'which' preceded by a comma, rather than starting a new independent clause with 'this' (causing a comma splice) or separating it with a semicolon (causing a fragment).
This establishes proper subordination and avoids punctuation errors.

Key Concept

Subordination and Coordination
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