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Zorluk: OrtaConjunctions and Clause Structure

In the sentence below, which relative pronoun correctly establishes the possessive relationship required to complete the clause?

'The governing council commended the principal researcher, _______ innovative methodology resolved the long-standing analytical anomaly.'

  1. whoseCevap
  2. B
    whom
  3. C
    who's
  4. D
    of whom

Cevap

The possessive relative pronoun 'whose' correctly connects the subordinate relative clause to the antecedent antecedent noun phrase.
The correct option is 'whose' because it is the possessive relative pronoun needed to show that the 'innovative methodology' belongs to the antecedent 'the principal researcher'. In complex sentences, possessive relative clauses require 'whose' directly preceding the noun being possessed.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Analyze the syntactic structure of the sentence following the blank.
The word following the blank is the noun phrase 'innovative methodology', which functions as the subject of the subordinate verb 'resolved'.
Determining the grammatical role of the noun phrase establishes whether an objective, subjective, or possessive connector is required.
2
Determine the relationship between the antecedent 'the principal researcher' and the noun phrase 'innovative methodology'.
The methodology belongs to or was created by the researcher, requiring a possessive relative pronoun.
Relative clauses indicating ownership or attribution over a noun require possessive relative determiners.
3
Select the correct relative pronoun form.
'Whose' functions as the possessive relative pronoun for both human and non-human antecedents.
'Whose' satisfies both the possessive dependency and relative clause joining requirements.

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Relative Pronouns and Clause Structure (Possessive Relative Clauses)
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Conjunctions and Clause Structure

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