Instructions: Select the answer that correct joins each pair of simple sentences with conjunctions or conjunctive adverbs and is punctuated correctly. Arthur was anxious about the benefit dinner. Only twenty people had responded to the invitation.
A) Arthur was anxious about the benefit dinner because only twenty people had responded to the invitation.
B) Only twenty people had responded to the invitation for Arthur was anxious about the benefit dinner.
C) Since only twenty people had responded to the invitation Arthur was anxious about the benefit dinner.

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Option A correctly uses the conjunction "because" to show the cause and effect relationship between Arthur's anxiety and the low response rate. It is properly punctuated with a comma before the conjunction. Option B is incorrect because it uses the preposition "for" instead of a conjunction, and the word order is awkward. Option C uses the conjunctive adverb "since" which implies a chronological order rather than a cause and effect relationship, and it is also missing a comma before the conjunctive adverb. Choice A correctly uses the conjunction "because" to join the two simple sentences and is punctuated correctly with a comma before the conjunction. Choice B incorrectly uses the preposition "for" instead of a conjunction, and it is not punctuated correctly. Choice C incorrectly uses the conjunctive adverb "since" instead of a conjunction, and it is not punctuated correctly.

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