Question

1 look at the words in bold. find the common mistake.

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even though you may be full, but you should accept the food that your host offers.
even though you may be full, but you should accept the food that your host offers.
even though you may be full, but you should accept the food that your host offers.

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Conjunction Redundancy
Do not double up on contrast connectors.

Step 1: Analyze the sentence structure

The sentence contains two clauses:

1. "you may be full"
2. "you should accept the food that your host offers"

These two clauses express contrasting ideas. To connect them, we only need a single contrast connector.

Step 2: Identify the error

In the sentence, two contrast connectors are used at the same time:

• "Even though" (a subordinating conjunction at the beginning)
• "but" (a coordinating conjunction in the middle)

Using both "Even though" and "but" in the same sentence is redundant and grammatically incorrect. We must use one or the other, but never both together.

• Correct option 1: "Even though you may be full, you should accept..."
• Correct option 2: "You may be full, but you should accept..."

Step 3: Locate the bolded mistake

Looking at the options provided in the image:

• In the first option, "Even though" is in bold.
• In the second option, "full" is in bold.
• In the third option, "but" is in bold.

Since the error lies in using both connectors, and "Even though" starts the sentence, the word "but" is the redundant element that creates the grammatical mistake and should be removed. Therefore, the third option highlights the correct mistake.

Answer:

The third option:

• Even though you may be full, but you should accept the food that your host offers.