Question

Sam was wrong. He did not apologize.
Combine the above sentence with a conjunction that expresses a contrast:

• A. Sam was wrong in spite of that he did not apologize.
• B. Sam was wrong, so he did not apologize.
• C. Sam was wrong and he did not apologize.
• D. Although Sam was wrong, he did not apologize.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Although Sam was wrong, he did not apologize.

We can determine the correct answer with the help of logic and by eliminating the incorrect answer.

The subordinating conjunctions used to express contrast in a sentence are though, although, as, however, whoever, whatever and notwithstanding.

And, so do not express contrast. We can thus eliminate options B and C as incorrect answers.

Option D is the correct answer as the conjunction 'although' joins the two sentence to express a contrast.

Option A is incorrect as 'in spite of' is a prepositional phrase and not a conjunction.