[1] thomas paine’s common sense was published in 1776. [2] the revolutionary war began that same year.

which is the best way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

a. thomas paine’s common sense was published in 1776, but the revolutionary war began that same year. b.thomas paine’s common sense was published in 1776, and the revolutionary war began that same year. c.thomas paine’s common sense was published in 1776, when the revolutionary war began that same year. d.thomas paine’s common sense was published in 1776, once the revolutionary war began that same year.

B. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published in 1776, and the Revolutionary War began that same year.

Explanation:

In sentence construction and framing, the use of the appropriate conjunction is the key to making sure the sentence doesn't sound awkward and unstructured. And in the combination of the two sentences, the best conjunctive word is "and".

Since the two sentences are talking about events that happen in the same time/ year, the joining word will have to indicate the duality of the years. So, by the use of "and" to join the two sentences, the new sentence will have the same sense of what they talk about.

Thus, the final correct sentence will be -

"Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published in 1776, and the Revolutionary War began that same year."

this need to be done in 15 minutes kind of passed the 15 minutes by now sorry dude but i can list some of my thoughts down for you : (

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

happy to : )