"Advertising goes down the street with us; it's on trains, planes, and buses.”
“Was” is the helping verb
“Taking” is the main verb
The answer is A. not long after
Example: Bob forgot to lock the door. Not long after a thief noticed the unlocked door and stole all of Bob's valuables.
As being used here, the asyndeton gives the reality that
the list of what is not on the island is endless or infinite. The anaphora adds
punch or climax, that nothing having to do with society can be seen. Not only that,
the list is not only endless, it is ardently void of anything.
