Select the answer that joins each pair of simple sentences with conjunctions or conjunctive adverbs correctly 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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Choice A correctly joins the two simple sentences with the conjunction "because" and is punctuated correctly with a comma before "because." Choice B is incorrect because it uses the word "for" incorrectly as a conjunction. Choice C is awkwardly worded and would be better phrased as "Arthur was anxious about the benefit dinner since only twenty people had responded to the invitation," but still uses "since" as a conjunction, which is not as clear as "because" in this context.

Select the Answer That Joins Each Pair of Simple Sentences