A writer is editing an essay about inventor Walter Hunt and has drafted the following paragraph:
In 1849, inventor Walter Hunt was twisting a piece of brass wire at his desk, trying to figure out a way to pay off a fifteen-dollar debt. Within three hours, he had designed the first modern safety pin, featuring a clasp that covered the sharp point and a circular loop at the bend to act as a spring. Hunt quickly patented his invention and sold the rights for four hundred dollars, which easily cleared his debt but left him with none of the subsequent millions the product would generate. Over his lifetime, Hunt also designed a sewing machine and a street-sweeping vehicle, though he rarely capitalized on his creations.
The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the paragraph:
'Brass wire was relatively cheap and easy to acquire in nineteenth-century New York.'
Should the writer make this addition?
- AYes, because it provides necessary context explaining why Hunt chose to work with brass wire instead of another metal.
- BYes, because it supports the paragraph's discussion of the industrial manufacturing methods of the nineteenth century.
- No, because it interrupts the narrative flow by introducing a detail about the material's cost that is tangential to Hunt's invention and financial situation.Cevap
- DNo, because it contradicts the earlier claim that Hunt was in debt and could not afford to purchase supplies.