Question
Download Solution PDFDirections: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Although the children studied hard, but they could not understand the topic without the help of the teacher.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'Although the children studied hard, they.'
Key Points
- In the underlined part of the sentence, the use of the conjunction 'but' is superfluous or not required.
- 'Although' as subordinating conjunction implies or introduces a contrasting idea and 'but' as coordinating conjunction contrasts an idea.
- When we use 'although' as subordinate conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause, there must be the main clause to complete the sentence.
- If we use 'although' as a subordinate conjunction in one clause and 'but' as coordinate conjunction in the other clause, the sentence will be incorrect grammatically.
- Therefore, the conjunction 'but' should be removed from the sentence.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.
Correct sentence: Although the children studied hard, they could not understand the topic without the help of the teacher.
Hinglish
- वाक्य के रेखांकित भाग में conjunction 'but' का प्रयोग अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण है या आवश्यक नहीं है।
- Subordinating conjunction 'Although' एक विपरीत विचार का तात्पर्य या परिचय देता है और coordinating conjunction 'but' एक विचार के विपरीत होता है।
- जब हम 'Although' का प्रयोग subordinate conjunction के रूप में subordinate clause के परिचय के लिए करते हैं, तो वाक्य को पूरा करने के लिए मुख्य उपवाक्य अवश्य होना चाहिए।
- यदि हम 'Although' को एक उपवाक्य में subordinate conjunction के रूप में और दूसरे खंड में coordinate conjunction 'but' का प्रयोग करते हैं, तो वाक्य व्याकरणिक रूप से गलत होगा।
- इसलिए वाक्य से conjunction 'but' हटा देना चाहिए।
अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 1 है ।
सही वाक्य: Although the children studied hard, they could not understand the topic without the help of the teacher.
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