Question

In the following sentence, one word has been omitted. Pick the option that has the missing word along with the words that come before it and after it.

He attended to me himself he was very busy.

• A. Himself but he.
• B. Himself even he.
• C. Himself inspite he.
• D. Himself although he.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Himself although he.

The sentence has two parts : 'he attended to me himself' and 'he was very busy' which are contrasting. They are contrasting because it is difficult to attend to someone if you are busy. To join the two parts, we need a conjunction that denotes contrast. This rules out option B. Option C would have been right had the word 'of' followed 'inspite'. 'But' and 'Although' both imply contrast. However, 'but' is used as a coordinating conjunction to join two phrases of the same grammatical type. On the other hand, 'although' is used as a subordinating conjunction to join a subordinate clause to a main clause. In the context of the sentence, option D is the better answer.