Montego signed up to take part in the science olympiad however he didn't realize that he would actually have to attend practices.

read the sentence and determine which of the answers correctly punctuates the underlined portion of the sentence.

a) olympiad, however

b) olympiad; however,

c) olympiad, however,

eliminate

d) olympiad: however,

The correct choice to select is B) Olympiad; however,

A previous version of this had the incorrect answer.

The correct answer is B. Both A and C are run-on sentences. Using subordinating conjunctions, such as however, therefore, thereby, to combine two complete sentences must use a semicolon at the end of the first complete sentence with a comma after the conjunction. B-Olympiad; however, ...

Another example: I teach grammar; therefore, I know the correct answer. :)

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.