Question

Combine the sentences correctly using ‘so…that’:
My sister is shy. She never talks to anyone.
a. My sister is that shy so she never talks to anyone.
b. So that my sister is shy, she never talks to anyone.
c. My sister is so shy that she never talks to anyone.
d. She never talks to anyone so that she is so shy.

Answer 1

Hint: Break the given question down. Study each part carefully. Then, go through the given sentences and answer the question with the answer which best fits the given requirements of the question. The answer that uses this correlative conjunction in the right way will be correct.

Complete answer: In grammar, conjunction may be a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions. Conjunctions have a very decisive function because they join other words and phrases together. Without conjunctions, we could only make extremely simple sentences. Some conjunctions contain multiple words. They are called correlative conjunctions.

In the given sentence, the conjunctions should be separated and distributed properly, so that the meaning of the sentence does not change at all.
In the given sentence, there are two different subjects. One of the words is an adverb as it shows the degree of shyness. So, the conjunctions should surround the adjective.

Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s look at the given options:
a. My sister is that shy so she never talks to anyone. - The order of this option is incorrect, as the conjunctions are placed wrongly. The words ‘so’ and ‘that’ are placed wrongly. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
b. So that my sister is shy, she never talks to anyone. - The order of this option is incorrect, as the conjunctions are placed wrongly. The words ‘so’ and ‘that’ are placed wrongly. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
c. My sister is so shy that she never talks to anyone. - The order of this option is correct, as the conjunctions are placed in the right way. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
d. She never talks to anyone so that she is so shy. - The order of this option is incorrect, as the conjunctions are placed wrongly. The words ‘so’ and ‘that’ are placed wrongly. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note: So is placed before a modifier, an adjective or an adverb, to intensify its quality or manner. This emphasis on the modifier expresses a remarkable situation. This clause can stand alone as a sentence, or it can be paired with that + a clause to express an effect (result) of the remarkable situation mentioned in the main clause.