Question

I've never been to the USA ____________ , having friends and relatives there. a)Since b)although c)Inspite of

Answer 1

I've never been to the USA inspite of having friends and relatives there .

Answer 2

I've never been to the USA c) inspite of having friends and relatives there.

Let us see how we got to this answer.

a) since- The word 'since' here works as 'because'. So, of we use 'since', the sentence means that I've never been to the USA 'because' I have friends and relatives there. The sentence does not make any sense. Thus, it is not the right answer.

b) although- The word 'although' is also the wrong answer because it does not fit the sentence structure. The sentence becomes grammatically incorrect if we say 'although having friends and relatives there'. For 'although' to fit in, we needed the sentence to be:

I've never been to the USA although I have friends and relatives there.

So, this is also not the right answer.

c) inspite of- The phrase 'inspite of' is used with 'having' and also makes sense here.

This is the correct option since it fits the sentence in terms of meaning and grammatical sense.

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