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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Modifier Agreement

The following passage is from an academic text about animal behavior. Which pronoun or noun correctly completes the sentence to establish proper subject-modifier agreement? Fill in the blank with the correct word or phrase.

Cevap:French biologist Karl von Frisch spent decades studying the communication patterns of honeybees. By translating their complex 'waggle dance' into spatial coordinates, 【he】 demonstrated that insects possess a sophisticated form of symbolic communication.

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The correct answer is the pronoun 'he' or the proper noun 'Karl von Frisch' (or 'the biologist' / 'the scientist').
The introductory modifying phrase 'By translating their complex "waggle dance" into spatial coordinates' describes an action that must be performed by a logical agent. The only logical agent in the context is the biologist Karl von Frisch. Therefore, the subject of the main clause must be a pronoun or noun referring to him (such as 'he', 'Karl von Frisch', or 'the biologist').

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1
Identify the introductory modifying phrase and determine its logical subject.
The modifying phrase 'By translating their complex "waggle dance" into spatial coordinates' describes an action.
The subject immediately following the modifier must be the entity performing the action of translating.
2
Select the correct noun or pronoun based on the context.
Since Karl von Frisch is the biologist who performed the research, the subject must refer to him, resulting in the pronoun 'he' or the noun 'Karl von Frisch'.
This establishes correct subject-modifier agreement and avoids a dangling modifier.

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