Question

Soon all his money was gone and he became a pauper.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The given sentence is grammatically right because 'pauper' and 'poor' are synonyms, they have same meanings.

• We can also write : Soon all his money was gone and he became a poor.

• First part of the sentence: 'Soon all his money was gone' has been written in passive voice and second half : 'and he became a pauper' has also been written in Past Indefinite Tense.

• Moreover the given sentence is an example of Compound Sentence. 'And' confirms it.

Answer 2

Soon all his money was gone and he became poor.

Explanation:

• It is a grammatically correct sentence.
• The above sentence is an example of a compound sentence.
• A compound sentence consists of two clauses independent and a dependent clause.
• The independent clause can exist on its own while the dependent clause can not exist alone.
• Moreover, both the clause are joined by coordinating conjunction.
• Here the coordinating conjunction is "and".