Asked by jayden

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I was going to be late for band practice. I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
In which two ways can the sentences be correctly combined?

I was going to be late for band practice, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
I decided to bring the band director a cookie since I was going to be late for band practice.
I was going to be late for band practice; so I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
I was going to be late for band practice; therefore, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
Because I decided to bring the band director a cookie I was going to be late for band practice.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct answers: 2 and 4.

- 2 ("I decided to bring the band director a cookie since I was going to be late for band practice.") correctly expresses the reason.
- 4 ("I was going to be late for band practice; therefore, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.") correctly uses a semicolon + conjunctive adverb.

Why the others are wrong:
- 1 is a comma splice.
- 3 misuses a semicolon before "so" (use a comma: "...practice, so I decided..." or a semicolon without "so").
- 5 reverses the intended cause–effect (and would need a comma after the introductory "Because..." if that were the intended meaning).