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While studying the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies, scientists observed that the insects navigate using a time-compensated sun compass. Although they possess relatively small brains and simple nervous systems. These creatures can travel thousands of miles to reach their wintering sites in Mexico.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion is grammatically correct?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. Although they possess relatively small brains and simple nervous systems, these creaturesCevap
  3. C
    Although they possess relatively small brains and simple nervous systems; these creatures
  4. D
    They possess relatively small brains and simple nervous systems, these creatures

Cevap

The option that begins with the subordinating conjunction 'Although' and uses a comma to connect the dependent clause to the main clause is correct.
The correct answer properly joins the introductory dependent clause to the main independent clause using a comma. The clause starting with 'Although' is dependent and requires an independent clause to complete its meaning. By placing a comma after 'systems' and using lowercase for 'these creatures', the passage correctly integrates the dependent clause into a complete sentence.

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1
Identify the structure of the underlined portion in the context of the sentence.
The original underlined portion contains a dependent clause starting with 'Although' followed by a period and a new sentence beginning with 'These creatures'.
This structure results in a sentence fragment because 'Although they possess relatively small brains and simple nervous systems' cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
2
Evaluate the grammatical role of the clauses and determine how they should be connected.
The first clause is a dependent clause, and the second clause ('these creatures can travel...') is an independent clause. A dependent clause that precedes an independent clause must be joined to it with a comma.
Using a comma correctly subordinates the introductory clause to the main independent clause, forming a single compound-complex sentence.
3
Eliminate incorrect options that introduce new punctuation errors.
The option using a semicolon is incorrect because a semicolon cannot separate a dependent clause from an independent clause. The option removing the subordinating conjunction 'Although' creates two independent clauses joined by only a comma, resulting in a comma splice.
Semicolons require independent clauses on both sides, and comma-splicing independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction is grammatically incorrect.

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Connecting dependent and independent clauses to avoid sentence fragments and comma splices.
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