The last two sentences of a paragraph read, "Fully half the citizens demanded a tax cut. They threatened to withhold payments to the Internal Revenue Service until members of the legislature passed a satisfactory bill of reform." Which of the phrases below, if used to open a following paragraph on reactions to the citizens' threats, would best serve as a transitional phrase? (Judge each phrase by considering the phrase itself, not by imagining what might come after it.)
a) For example
b) Although members of the legislature
c) However, when
d) Last year
e) The stock market

Question

The last two sentences of a paragraph read, "Fully half the citizens demanded a tax cut. They threatened to withhold payments to the Internal Revenue Service until members of the legislature passed a satisfactory bill of reform." Which of the phrases below, if used to open a following paragraph on reactions to the citizens' threats, would best serve as a transitional phrase? (Judge each phrase by considering the phrase itself, not by imagining what might come after it.)
a) For example
b) Although members of the legislature
c) However, when
d) Last year
e) The stock market

minimato · Answer

I'm thinking either B or D. Anybody else have any ideas?