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Applying a comparative linguistic approach to the ancient Mayan script, ________. This breakthrough revolutionized the field of Mesoamerican archaeology, allowing researchers to read historical inscriptions directly.

Which choice completes the passage so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A
    the determination that the glyphs represented phonetic syllables was made by linguist Yuri Knorozov.
  2. B
    the research of linguist Yuri Knorozov showed that the glyphs represented phonetic syllables.
  3. linguist Yuri Knorozov determined that the glyphs represented phonetic syllables.Cevap
  4. D
    phonetic syllables were shown to be represented by the glyphs by linguist Yuri Knorozov.

Cevap

The correct option is the sentence starting with 'linguist Yuri Knorozov' because it provides the logical subject for the introductory modifying phrase.
The introductory modifying phrase 'Applying a comparative linguistic approach to the ancient Mayan script' describes an action that must be performed by a person. The only option that places the logical performer of the action—'linguist Yuri Knorozov'—as the subject of the main clause is the correct one. This creates a grammatically correct sentence where the modifier is in agreement with the subject.

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1
Identify the introductory modifying phrase and determine the action it describes.
The phrase is 'Applying a comparative linguistic approach to the ancient Mayan script,' which describes the action of applying a linguistic method.
Understanding who or what performs the action of the modifier is necessary to determine the correct subject of the main clause.
2
Evaluate the choices to find which one begins with the noun that logically performs this action.
The person applying the approach is the linguist Yuri Knorozov. The option beginning with 'linguist Yuri Knorozov' correctly aligns with this modifier. The options beginning with 'the determination,' 'phonetic syllables,' and 'the research' result in dangling modifiers because those concepts cannot perform the action.
Standard English requires that an introductory modifying phrase be followed immediately by the noun or pronoun it modifies.

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