Question

The bill was passed by a majority. The Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.
Combine the above sentence with a conjunction that expresses a contrast:

• A. The bill was passed by a majority and the Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.
• B. The bill was passed by a majority, therefore the Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.
• C. The bill was passed by a majority, so the Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.
• D. The bill was passed by majority, although the Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The bill was passed by majority, although the Democratic party was strongly opposed to it.

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 A and C as incorrect answers.

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

Option B is incorrect as the conjunction 'therefore' is used to explain cause and effect.