[Video] Q2: No change or but or nonetheless or however

Explanation for Question 2 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat

For question number two here, what we want to do is figure out what 2 transition word we can use to combine these two different parts of the sentence. 3 The sentence right now reads transforming landfills into parks has its pitfalls. 4 However, it is well worth the effort for communities to invest in these spaces. 5 So what we see is there's sort of this negative first part of the 6 sentence, then a transition word, 7 and then an overwhelmingly positive end to the sentence. 8 And it fills into parks has its pitfalls. 9 However, it's well worth the effort. So we want to pick a transition word 10 that illustrates this contrast in the most effective way possible. 11 So if we look at our no change option, 12 which is of course, however, um, 13 we want to pay attention to sort of the grammatical rules here. 14 So in this case, 15 we're working with, uh, 16 two independent clauses. 17 We have transforming landfills into parts has its pitfalls, 18 and we have, however, it is well worth the effort for communities to invest 19 in these spaces. So both independent meaning they can stand on their own, 20 um, and they have sort of a complete thought and a complete sentence behind 21 them. So what we want to do here is keep in mind that 22 whenever we're using independent clauses, 23 we have to be careful not to combine those independent clauses, 24 using a comma, as it's done here in the no change option, 25 um, independent clauses, we can combine with a semi-colon, 26 um, or a coordinat...