Question

Join the given sentences to make an Illative compound sentence:
She met with an accident. She couldn't attend college for a month. [Intermediate]

• A. She met with an accident and couldn't attend college for a month.
• B. She met with an accident, therefore she couldn't attend college for a month.
• C. She met with an accident or she couldn't attend college for a month.
• D. She met with an accident nevertheless she couldn't attend college for a month.

Answer 1

The correct option is B She met with an accident, therefore she couldn't attend college for a month.

A compound sentence is made up of independent clauses that can stand on their own as sentences. illative compound sentences contain independent clauses, where one of them is inferred or concluded from the other. "She couldn't attend... ." is concluded from "She met... .". From the options, B contains the correct combination, because "therefore" is an illative conjunction that refers to the conclusion. Hence option B is correct. Option A contains the copulative conjunction "and" which merely connects two sentences which do not influence each other, hence it is incorrect here. (The sentences here are related to each other.) Option C contains the alternative conjunction "or", whereas the required conjunction must be illative. Hence option C is incorrect. Option D contains the adversative conjunction, "nevertheless", that expresses contrast, whereas the sentences do not express contrast. Hence D is incorrect.