Asked by jayden

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The kind speaker introduced me to the audience. I tried to stay calm. I felt nervous walking up to the stage.
In which two ways can the sentences be correctly combined?

The kind speaker introduced me to the audience but I tried to stay calm; and I felt nervous walking up to the stage.
The kind speaker introduced me to the audience, but I tried to stay calm, I felt nervous walking up to the stage.
The kind speaker introduced me to the audience, and I tried to stay calm as I felt nervous walking up to the stage.
After the kind speaker introduced me to the audience, I tried to stay calm, but I felt nervous walking up to the stage.
Once the kind speaker introduced me to the audience; I tried to stay calm although I felt nervous walking up to the stage.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Options 3 and 4.

- 3 is grammatical: "The kind speaker introduced me to the audience, and I tried to stay calm as I felt nervous walking up to the stage." (Correct coordination; "as" links the simultaneous/causal idea.)
- 4 is grammatical: "After the kind speaker introduced me to the audience, I tried to stay calm, but I felt nervous walking up to the stage." (Correct subordinate clause + contrast with proper commas.)

The others are wrong because they misuse punctuation or conjunctions (comma splice, incorrect semicolon use, or illogical connector).