We wanted to go to the beach. It started to ...

★ Conjunctive Adverbs

We wanted to go to the beach.
It started to rain.
We stayed at home.

A. We wanted to go to the beach, but it started to rain; otherwise, we stayed home.

B. We wanted to go to the beach; however, it started to rain, so we stayed home.

C. We wanted to go to the beach; therefore, it started to rain, and we stayed home.

D. It started to rain, but we wanted to go to the beach; therefore, we stayed home.

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What’s the best way to combine these sentences?:

Timmy likes unicorns.
Timmy likes lollipops.

A. Timmy likes unicorns, so he likes lollipops.

B. Because Timmy likes unicorns, he likes lollipops.

C. Timmy likes unicorns; meanwhile, he likes lollipops.

D. Timmy likes unicorns; additionally, he likes lollipops.