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.

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.

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