Question about agreement

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Question about agreement

In the sentence, "Pauline, tu as l'air plus détendue que d'habitude !", I thought the adjective, détendu, modified the masculine noun, air., i.e. in English relaxed air.  The correction implies that détendu modifies Pauline.  Correct?  So, in the construction of avoir l'air, it is the subject, in this case Pauline, which determines the agreement.  Correct?

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Question about agreement

In the sentence, "Pauline, tu as l'air plus détendue que d'habitude !", I thought the adjective, détendu, modified the masculine noun, air., i.e. in English relaxed air.  The correction implies that détendu modifies Pauline.  Correct?  So, in the construction of avoir l'air, it is the subject, in this case Pauline, which determines the agreement.  Correct?

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