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Difficulty: MediumSubject-Modifier Agreement

The following passage contains a grammatical blank. Which physicist's name correctly fills the blank to ensure that the sentence maintains subject-modifier agreement?

Answer:Recognized for her crucial contributions to the Manhattan Project and her experimental proof of parity violation, 【Chien-Shiung Wu】 challenged a widely accepted law of physics in 1956.

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Chien-Shiung Wu
The introductory modifying phrase describes a female scientist's achievements. To ensure subject-modifier agreement, the subject of the sentence immediately following the comma must be the person who matches this description. Placing the name Chien-Shiung Wu directly after the modifier establishes a clear and grammatically correct connection.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the introductory modifying phrase at the start of the sentence.
The modifying phrase is 'Recognized for her crucial contributions to the Manhattan Project and her experimental proof of parity violation.'
This phrase contains the possessive pronoun 'her', indicating that it must modify a specific female scientist.
2
Determine who or what must immediately follow the modifying phrase to avoid a dangling modifier.
The name of the physicist, Chien-Shiung Wu, must be placed directly after the comma as the subject of the main clause.
Subject-modifier agreement requires that the noun being described by the introductory modifier immediately follow it.

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Subject-modifier agreement
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