How can this sentence be combined using a coordinating conjunction?Maria is a lawyer and an avid runner.Maria is a lawyer although she is an avid runner.Although Maria is a lawyer, she is an avid runner.

A coordinating conjunction joins ideas of equal importance. “And” connects the two facts about Maria: she is a lawyer and she is an avid runner. “Although” introduces a contrast and is a subordinating conjunction, so choices B and C do not use a coordinating conjunction.

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