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Sav [38]
2 years ago
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(1) Daylight saving is what we call our system of setting clocks one hour ahead so that both sunrise and sunset happen at a late

r hour. (2) The result of daylight saving is an extra hour of daylight in the evening. (3) He first mentioned the idea of daylight savings, Benjamin Franklin, in an essay he jokingly wrote in 1784. (4) A British builder, William Willett, wrote seriously about the idea in 1907.
(5) Daylight saving has been used in the United States and in many European countries since World War I. (6) The system was begun in order to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. (7) Since their was an extra hour of daylight in the evenings, homes and businesses didn't have to turn on the lights as early. (8) Some places in the United States went back to standard time, or regular time, after the war, but others kept daylight saving.
(9) During World War II, the U.S. Congress passes a law putting the entire country on "war time," which set clocks one hour ahead of standard time for the rest of the war. (10) The Uniform Time Act that began in 1966 set up a daylight saving time schedule for most of the United States. (11) Each state could vote on whether the hole state would follow daylight saving time.
(12) Under a 1986 law, daylight saving time begins at 2 A.M. on the first Sunday of April and ends at 2 A.M. on the last Sunday of October.
Which of the following is the best way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 3?
A.
The idea of daylight saving, it was first mentioned by Benjamin Franklin jokingly in an essay he wrote in 1784.
B.
The idea of daylight saving was first mentioned jokingly in an essay that Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1784.
C.
It was first mentioned jokingly in an essay that Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1784, the idea of daylight saving.
D.
The idea of daylight saving was first jokingly mentioned in an essay wrote in 1784 by
Benjamin Franklin.
the answer is
B.
The idea of daylight saving was first mentioned jokingly in an essay that Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1784.
English
1 answer:
ratelena [41]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

c. it was first mentioned jokingly in an essay that

Benjamin franklin wrote in 1784 the idea

of daylight saving

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