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Fill in the blanks for the reality TV contestant's dramatic confession by choosing the correct words.
I voted Marcus off the island _________________________ he ate the last hidden mango. _________________________ we had all agreed to share the secret food stash, his betrayal was absolutely unforgivable. I feel absolutely no guilt about my decision, _________________________ he would have done the exact same thing to me!

I voted Marcus off the island because he ate the last hidden mango.

"Because" introduces the reason. "So" would incorrectly introduce a result, and "therefore" is a conjunctive adverb that requires different punctuation (usually a semicolon).

Since we had all agreed to share the secret food stash, his betrayal was absolutely unforgivable.

"Since" correctly introduces a dependent adverb clause at the beginning of the sentence. "Therefore" and "Consequently" cannot be used to join a dependent clause to an independent clause in this way.

I feel absolutely no guilt about my decision, as he would have done the exact same thing to me!

"As" is a subordinating conjunction introducing the reason. "Due to" is a preposition and cannot be followed by a full clause.

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