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Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

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a. I need to leave for school right now; because I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
b. I need to leave for school right now; but I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
c. I need to leave for school right now; although I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
d. I need to leave for school right now; however, I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.

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I believe that it is I need to leave for school right now; however, I don't have all of my school supplies gathered. however most of the time it indicates a semicolon. I hoped I helped ☺
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Answer:

d. I need to leave for school right now; however, I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.

Step-by-step explanation:

However in this case is used to as a conjunctive adverb so a semicolon is required before "however" in order to show there are two different sentences conjoined by an adverb. The first sentence is a fully independent clause that's why it is required a semicolon to separate it from the other clause. Then, after however it is required a comma.

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