Join the following sentences without using and, but or so.
1. The man was drowning. Everyone saw. No one went to help.
2. The car is not new. It is reliable.
3. Take the jacket as well. It will get cold in the evening.
4. She thought he was honest. She lent him the money.
Answers
1)) The man was drowning. Everyone saw. No one went to help.
Ans)) Although everyone saw that the man was drowning, no one went to help.
2)) The car is not new. It is reliable.
Ans)) Although the car is not new, it is reliable.
3)) Take the jacket as well. It will get cold in the evening.
Ans)) Take the jacket as well because it will get cold in the evening.
4)) She thought he was honest. She lent him the money.
Ans)) She lent him the money because she thought he was honest.
- EXPLORE MORE:-
1) There are many conjunctions to two main clauses (each of them can be an independent sentence) and to fuse them into a single sentence using So, But, And etc.
2) The other conjunctions like because, if, when, while etc, can also be used to join clauses.
3) A third way of fusing two clauses into a sentences is converting one of the clauses into a phrase.
If you want to avoid but or so, a sentence can be create using two clauses. i will give examples now.
Examples;
Take two sentences:
- He studies well. He passed in first class
- He studies well so he passed in first class (using SO)
- Because he studies well, he passed in first class
- Having studies well, he passed in first class
This is the first compound sentence.
The second one is a complex sentence.
The third one is a simple sentence.
We conclude:-
If you use conjunctions like so, and, but etc you can form compound sentences.
By using conjunctions like because, while, when, why etc, you can form complex sentences.
And
By changing one of the clauses into a phrase, you can form simple sentences.
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