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(1) In 1853, a chef in Saratoga, New York, invented potato chips in a fit of anger. (2) A customer complained that the potatoes were not crunchy enough.

(3) The chef, George Crum furious that someone would dare complain about his food, sliced potatoes very thinly and dumped them in hot oil. (4) Salting them excessively when they finished cooking. (5) Crum was certain this would infurriate and disgust the complainer. (6) The new method of cooking quickly spread. (7) Instead of being disgusted, the customer proclaimed them as the best potatoes he had ever eaten.

(8) By 1921, potato chips had been sold from big barrels in grocery stores and in brown paper bags in delicatessens. (9) If not eaten immediately, the chips quickly became stale and soggy.(10) Furthermore, Laura Scudder owned a successful chip factory in 1926 and wanted to tackle the freshness problem. (11) She became successful when she devised a way to keep the chips fresh and make them available anywhere. (12) Inventing the waxed paper bag, Mrs. Scudder each night had women take home sheets of waxed paper. (13) They folded the waxed paper and ironed three sides to make a small bag. (14) The next day, factory workers hand packed them with chips and ironed the fourth side shut. (15) The airtight bag kept the chips fresh, grocers could then market the product as a self-serve item.

(16) If it wasn’t for the unplanned discovery of George Crum and the entrepreneurial spirit of Laura Scudder, we wouldn’t have the potato chips we enjoy today. (17) The invention and popularity of potato chips in the beginning of the 20th century, helped pave the road to the variety and obsessions we have with them today.


The following question is focused on revisions that need to be made to Gail’s paper. Answer accordingly.

Gail has not used the most effective transition in sentence 10. Read the fourth paragraph (sentences 10–15) again. Which transition should replace the word in sentence 10?

A
Even though
B
Later
C
Meanwhile
D
As a result

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B

"Later" is best because sentence 10 shifts to a later time (1926) after the 1921 information; it signals the chronological progression.