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Transformation of sentences
Question
Rainforests make up only 3 percent of the earth's surface. Over half the world's plant, animal, and insect species live there.
Combine the above sentence with a conjunction that expresses a contrast:
Rainforests make up only 3 percent of the earth's surface, so over half the world's plant, animal, and insect species live there.
Rainforests make up only 3 percent of the earth's surface, therefore over half the world's plant, animal, and insect species live there.
Rainforests make up only 3 percent of the earth's surface and over half the world's plant, animal, and insect species live there.
Although rainforests make up only 3 percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's plant, animal, and insect species live there.
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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.
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