Question

Choose if the given statement is True or False:
The sentence, It has been raining since last night, therefore I plan on skipping work today, is the combined form of the simple sentences:
It has been raining since last night. I plan on skipping work today.
where the conjunction "therefore" is an illative conjunction.

A. True
B. False
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Compound sentences are sentences that comprises of independent clauses which can act as a sentence of their own. An Illative compound sentence consists of independent clauses in which one is the conclusion of the other. Example: It is a Sunday today. The bank is closed. These two sentences are independent clauses, but the second sentence “The bank is closed” is concluded by the first sentence “It is a Sunday today “. Therefore, these sentences must be connected by an illative connection. Example: It is a Sunday today, therefore, the bank is closed. We will proceed with the answer in this regard.

Complete step by step answer:
Let us analyse each option individually to know the correct answer.

True: This option means that the given statement “The sentence, It has been raining since last night, therefore I plan on skipping work today, is the combined form of the simple sentences: It has been raining since last night. I plan on skipping work today, where the conjunction "therefore" is an illative conjunction”, is valid and correct. By referring to the hint, we can say that this option is correct.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note:
Some more examples of illative conjunctions are for, so.
Example: She must have missed the bus, for she woke up late.
Example: He is sixty years old, so he can not run fast.