In the sentence "<em>It took </em><em>less</em><em> time to drive from one city to the other than they had anticipated</em>", the answer that correctly describes the bolded word is D:
<u>The word </u><u>less</u><u> is an adverb describing to what extent.</u>
In this sentence, the word less functions as an adverb; this means that it modifies or qualifies an adjective, a verb (in this case), or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
It would help if you gave us the sentence to figure out the question.
The repetition of "you" in any sentence would imply that the speaker is talking to a group of people or one person in particular as in yourself.
C. He has come to believe that there are no consequences for bad behavior
I believe the correct answer is D. complexity of character.
A is incorrect because realist writers didn't believe in destiny; B is incorrect because not all realist novels have social trials; C is incorrect for the same reason - not all realist novels have tragic events. Therefore I would pick D, because complex characters reflect reality and what exists in our actual lives.
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