Question

Which of the following is an example of a compound-complex sentence that uses correlative conjunctions?
A Avocados and tomatoes are both classified as fruit, but that confuses some people since they're sometimes pictured in vegetable diagrams on the good pyramid.
B Most people can understand how avocados are considered fruit, but it's hard to process that bananas are really berries.
C Although many people think tomatoes are vegetables, both tomatoes and avocados are fruits, and scientists classify them this way because they contain seeds.
D It's easy to see pumpkin as a fruit since we eat pumpkin pie, but some people struggle to see yellow squash as a fruit.

Answer 1

C

Explanation: Sentence C contains a dependent clause ("Although many people think..."), two independent clauses joined by "and," and the correlative conjunction pair "both...and" ("both tomatoes and avocados"), so it is a compound-complex sentence using correlative conjunctions.