18. I plan to go shopping for Christmas gifts soon ______ I have to buy several gifts to mail to friends and family who live out of state.


insert a colon
insert a comma and the word or
insert a comma and the word for
insert a comma and the word therefore

my answer insert colon

Incorrect. The correct answer is to insert a comma and the word "for" in the sentence. So the sentence should be: "I plan to go shopping for Christmas gifts soon, for I have to buy several gifts to mail to friends and family who live out of state."

Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is to insert a comma and the word "for" after the word "soon." The corrected sentence would be: "I plan to go shopping for Christmas gifts soon, for I have to buy several gifts to mail to friends and family who live out of state."