Question

Join the following sentences using the most suitable conjunctions. Omit any unnecessary words.

He was late for the interview. He was inappropriately dressed for the interview.

• A. He was neither late for the interview nor was he inappropriately dressed for the interview.
• B. He was both late and inappropriately dressed for the interview.
• C. He was late for the interview because he was inappropriately dressed for the interview.
• D. He was late for the interview so that he was inappropriately dressed for the interview.

Answer 1

The correct option is B He was both late and inappropriately dressed for the interview.

These sentences are both independent ideas and are linked together with a conjunction, without changing the meaning of the sentence. The conjunction 'and' merely adds or connects one statement to another for sentences that are not dependent on one another. Hence 'and' is used here and option B is correct. Option A means the opposite of the given statements which do not contain any negative words, and the option has negative words, hence A is incorrect. 'Because' is a conjunction used when one part of the sentence is the result of the other. As 'he' was 'late for the interview' as well as 'inappropriately dressed' and these statements are not dependent on the other for their full meaning, Option C is incorrect. 'So that' is a subordinating conjunction used to link two clauses, when one of them is dependent on the other for their full meaning. As the given sentences are not dependent to one another, 'so that' is not used and option D is incorrect.