Instructions: Select the answer that correct joins each pair of simple sentences with conjunctions or conjunctive adverbs and is punctuated correctly. Beth has an insatiable appetite for fatty foods. She will have to cut down if she wants to stay trim.
A) Although Beth has an insatiable appetite for fatty foods, she will have to cut down if she wants to stay trim.
B) Even though she will have to cut down if she wants to stay trim Beth has an insatiable appetite for fatty foods.
C) Beth has an insatiable appetite for fatty foods nevertheless she will have to cut down if she wants to stay trim.

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Choice A correctly joins the two sentences with the subordinating conjunction "although" and uses a comma to separate the two clauses. Choices B and C are incorrect because they use conjunctive adverbs ("even though" and "nevertheless") that do not properly connect the two ideas, and they are not punctuated correctly. Choice A correctly uses the conjunctive adverb "although" to join the two simple sentences and is punctuated correctly with a comma before the conjunction. Choice B incorrectly uses "even though" as a conjunction without a comma before it, and the word order is awkward. Choice C incorrectly uses "nevertheless" as a conjunction without a comma before it, and the word order is also awkward.

Instructions: Select the Answer That Correct Joins Each Pair of Simple