Question

She may have been the prettiest girl in class, since she was also the rudest.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

• A. but
• B. and
• C. for
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

but

There are two contrasting ideas/notions in the sentence: 'she was the prettiest girl..' and 'she was the rudest'. When we wish to join two contrasting ideas/statements, we use adversative coordinating conjunctions such as but, yet, nevertheless, however, whereas, etc. Hence, the right answer is option A) but.