Question

although his adoptive parents promised that he would attend college after high school, but steve later had his own ideas about pursuing an education. which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable? a no change b while c so d delete the underlined portion.

Explanation:

The original sentence contains a grammatical error: using both "Although" and "but" creates a redundant conjunction pair. In English, only one subordinating or coordinating conjunction is needed to connect these two clauses. Removing the underlined "but" fixes this redundancy, resulting in a grammatically correct sentence. The other options either keep the error (A), use an illogical conjunction (B, "while" does not fit the contrast here), or use a conjunction that misrepresents the relationship (C, "so" implies cause-effect, not contrast).

Answer:

D. Delete the underlined portion.