Question

Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
He is good at gymnastics. His handwriting must improve.

Answer 1

Hint: To answer the question, one must understand what are joining words, what they are called, and there are a number of other joining words than ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Conjunctions are the part of speech that are used to join two or more sentences, phrases, or clauses. There are 3 types of conjunctions- subordinating conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, and correlative conjunctions. They can be a group of words or just one single word, joining sentences. Examples of conjunctions are, for, and, nor, neither, either or, but, so, even though, although, yet, whether, actually, etc. The given sentences can be joined without us having to the words, but, and or so. Since the sentence clearly changes tone from one part to the other, appreciating a trait then suggesting an improvement in the other. We can reframe the sentence as, ‘although, he is good at gymnastics, his handwriting must improve’ or ‘even though his handwriting is good, his handwriting must improve’. These are two of the ways to join the given sentences without using the words ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘so’.

Note: One must be very clear about the context of the sentence, what information the question demands, what are conjunctions, and which ones can be used to replace which ones.