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Which sentence uses a conjunctive adverb?

He had a firm grip of the child's hand; consequently, she did not get lost in the crowd.
He had a firm grip of the child's hand, so she did not get lost in the crowd.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The first sentence uses a conjunctive adverb. "Consequently" is a conjunctive adverb linking the two independent clauses (correctly punctuated with a semicolon + comma). "So" in the second sentence is a coordinating conjunction, not a conjunctive adverb.