Answer:(B)that the city air became increasingly acidic the closer one came to town
Explanation
(A)The comparatives used in A are 'the closer ... the more. The correct way of writing this would be the more one came ... the more the city air became...'
Another <u><em>mistake in A is redundancy - 'more' and 'increasingly'.
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(B)that the city air became increasingly acidic the closer one came to town
No redundancy. Conveys the meaning well.
(C)that coming closer to town, the city air became increasingly acidic.(example of dangling modifier)
(D)that the more the city air became increasingly acidic, the closer one was to town.(It is the example of inverse cause-effect.)
(E)the city air becoming increasingly acidic as one would come closer to town( use of <u>would come i</u>s wrong here)
Best Answer:<span> </span><span>prosperity was superficial in the 1920's mainly because america had the policy of isolation. prices and taxes were lowered, also giving americans the options of buying goods on the margin, paying companies back in small installments. banks freely gave big loans for little in return. unknowingly, americans were just creating huge debt for themselves. they were borrowing, unaware of how much their money was mounting up. this became apparent after the wall street crash of october 29th 1929 where all banks had to be closed for 4 days, and only the stable banks which had money left could reopen.
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