It started out innocently enough. It's still hard to believe. A baseball card was at the middle of our whole summer fiasco. Trent got me started with baseball cards. I followed baseball. This was different. He went crazy for this card of a pitcher I thought was lousy. He went on to tell me that the card I had was different. The baseball card company only made a few of these cards, and the people that made the card messed up the facts on this particular card. They printed someone else's statistics on the back. They only made 100 of them. Those cards were worth thousands of dollars. My mind tried to imagine what I would do with thousands of dollars.
Then, it happened. Word got around school, and everyone wanted to see it. I must have shown it to 100 people. Then, when I went to my locker at the end of the day, it was gone. Someone had stolen it.

"They only made 100 of them. Those cards were worth thousands of dollars"

What is the best way to combine these simple sentences into one compound
sentence?

A. They only made 100 of them, and those cards were worth thousands of dollars.
B. They only made 100 of them those cards were worth thousands of dollars.
C. They only made 100 of them worth thousands of dollars.
D. They only made 100 of them and those cards were worth thousands of dollars.

What is wrong with the sentence. the car is packed, we're already to go, and the weather is looking beautiful.

Which statement contains an opinion? the ants serve to protect the acacia from other plants and herbivores. the acacia depends on pollinators for the exchange of genetic material. the acacia has no chemical defenses to discourage herbivores. the ants provide the acacia with the best protection from other plants and herbivores.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.