Choose the correct option to join the following sentences without using ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’:
She keeps her money in the purse. This is the purse.
Topic: Synthesis — relative clause
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Pick an option and check your answer. The full worked answer is below either way.
Answer
(b) This is the purse where she keeps her money..
The two sentences share the word PURSE, and that shared noun is what the relative clause attaches to: "This is the purse WHERE she keeps her money."
WHERE is the relative adverb of PLACE, and a purse is a place in which something is kept, so it fits. ("In which" would be equally correct but is not offered.)
Option (c) is the trap and shifts the emphasis to the wrong noun: it makes the sentence about the MONEY rather than the purse. The original second sentence is "This is the PURSE", so the purse must remain the subject.
METHOD: find the noun the two sentences have in common, keep it as the subject of the main clause, and attach the rest as a relative clause.
This is the purse where she keeps her money..