Because is the correct answer. The word because is connecting the two statements together and explaining how they finished their work.
Answer:
Without a doubt, the correct answer is ....
A. My friend and I talked about old times; I remembered some things that she did not.
Here you have two complete (independent) sentences connected (separated) correctly with a semi-colon.
Explanation:
B. ... uses incorrect punctuation
C. .... is missing critical punctuation
<span>d. all of the above
Activists attend community meetings to do all of the abovementioned things.
They need to attend meetings to learn about issues and to keep themselves
updated of specific issues that concern them and their advocacy perhaps. The
also need to speak out on issues in so other members of the community may know
on their stand on the specific community issues. They have to let the other people
know on their opinions and how they feel about the issues that are being
discussed in the community.</span>
Answer: B. In school, my mother encouraged me to join the band.
The modifier in this case is misplaced as it makes it sound like the mother was at school when she gave the advice. Modifiers can be very important to the structure of a sentence as they can significantly change the meaning if misplaced.
All the other examples express the meaning of the sentence clearly.
