The first, second, and third reasons should be checked off
The subordinating conjunction, and the only conjunction in the sentence here is the word before.
The correct answer is <span>He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.
The final part of the sentence points out that he's not actually careful and loving but rather quite bothersome and nags all the time. This is what verbal irony is actually, meaning the opposite of what is said. </span>
Lauren walked slowly, but Caroline walked quickly.
"But" is the conjunction, and "slowly" and "quickly" are the adverbs.