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Despite all the information I had gathered, I soon found that very little was known about the
Palk Straits. (Rewrite as a complex sentence)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Despite all the information I had gathered, I soon found that very little was known about the

Palk Straits. (Rewrite as

Answer 2

Although I had gathered all the information, I soon found that very little was known about the Palk Straits. -This is the answer.

About complex sentences:

• There are three types of sentences -simple, compound and complex.
• Simple sentences are those with one subject and and one predicate. there may be phrase, but there is just one independent clause.
• Complex sentences are those which have one independent/ main clause and atleast one dependent/ subordinate clause, usually joined by a conjunction.
• Compound sentences are those which have atleast two independent clauses in their sentences.
• Independent clause means a group of words that have a complete meaning and can stand on its own.
• Dependent clause means a group of words where we have a noun and a verb, but cannot have a complete meaning.
• The sentence given here is a simple sentence. When we convert it into a complex sentence, we must have a main clause and a subordinate clause.
• So we must use conjunctions like 'even though/ although/ though'.
• The subordinate clause will be:  Although I had gathered all the information and the main clause will be: I soon found that very little was known about the Palk Straits.
• Therefore the answer is: Although I had gathered all the information, I soon found that very little was known about the Palk Straits.