Question

Excerpt from A Baker's Dozen David Matherne "Had everything but the panting. And the drool. Too much caffeine I suppose. Too happy." If the author wanted to change this portion, which is the BEST way to combine these sentences? "Had everything but the panting. And the drool. Too much caffeine I suppose. Too happy." A) He had caffeine and happiness but no panting or drool. B) He had everything: panting, drool, caffeine and was happy. C) He had drooling but no panting. He had caffeine and happiness. D) He had everything but the panting and the drool; he also seemed overly happy, perhaps from too much caffeine.

Answer 1

D) He had everything but the panting and the drool; he also seemed overly happy, perhaps from too much caffeine.

Answer 2

The answer is option D: He had everything but the panting and the drool; he also seemed overly happy, perhaps from too much caffeine.

The excerpt from "A Baker's Dozen," by David Matherne, indicates that the person has no panting or drool, but has had a lot of caffeine and has a feeling of happiness. Option A mentions the same things in a simple sentence, but alternative D is expressed in a more improved way - with two independent clauses separated by a semicolon.

Option B is incorrect because it claims that the person has everything, and option C states that he or she has drooling, which is not true.