Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each set of choices, select the letter of the answer in which conjunctions or conjunctive adverbs are used correctly and punctuation is correct. Which sentences are correct?
A) Heavy traffic, noise, and fumes fill the city streets; furthermore, some of the city s hills are steep. I ll stick to the bike trail by the river.
B) Although heavy traffic, noise, and fumes fill the city streets, some of the city s hills are steep. I ll stick to the bike trail by the river.
C) Heavy traffic, noise, and fumes fill the city streets, so some of the city s hills are steep. I ll stick to the bike trail by the river.

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In choice A, the conjunctive adverb "furthermore" is correctly placed to add additional information to the previous sentence. The semicolon is correctly used to separate the two independent clauses. There is no comma splice or run-on sentence. Choices B and C both have errors. In choice B, the subordinating conjunction "although" is incorrectly used to connect two independent clauses. In choice C, the coordinating conjunction "so" is used incorrectly as it suggests a cause-and-effect relationship between the two independent clauses. Additionally, there is no comma separating the two independent clauses, leading to a comma splice. Choice A correctly uses the conjunctive adverb "furthermore" to connect two independent clauses and a semicolon to separate two independent clauses. Choice B uses the subordinating conjunction "although" to begin a dependent clause, but the second independent clause is not connected to the first clause. Choice C uses the coordinating conjunction "so" incorrectly to connect two independent clauses, and the second independent clause is not logically connected to the first clause.

Instructions: the Following Sentences Form a Paragraph