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Craft and StructureHardFunction of a sentence about a bakery's queue

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The bakery opens at seven, and by then there is always a queue. Regulars know that the first hundred loaves are the best, baked in the oven's first heat, and they come early for them. Newcomers assume the queue means the bread is scarce. It is not; there is plenty by nine. The queue is for quality, not quantity.

Which choice best describes the function of the sentence "Newcomers assume the queue means the bread is scarce" in the text as a whole?

  1. A. It introduces a misunderstanding that the following sentences correct.Correct
  2. B. It explains why the first loaves are the best.
  3. C. It states the author's own view of the queue.
  4. D. It describes when the bakery opens.

Answer: A. It introduces a misunderstanding that the following sentences correct.

A wrong assumption, then the correction.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It explains why the first loaves are the best.
That is in the second sentence.
C. It states the author's own view of the queue.
The author corrects it.
D. It describes when the bakery opens.
The opening time is in the first sentence.

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