Question

Which central idea do the details in this excerpt best support?

Answer 1

As more people began to owe clocks, society embraced standardized time

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Answer 2

Answer:  

the verb that exerts the action

Explanation:

For a sentence to make sense it has to have an action verb which describes the event of the sentence, in case there are more verbs in a sentence you have to look at which is the central verb which is the one that has the most relevance.