The History of Popcorn
(1) Popcom is a snack that can easily be popped in a microwave for three minutes, with little thought given to where it originated (2)
In fact, without com a staple in the Americas, we could not eat the delicious snack that popcom is. (3) Evidence suggests that popcom
arrived in the American Southwest over 2,500 years ago, however, it was not easily grown east of the Mississippi until the early 1800S
due to poor soil quality
(4) Indigenous peoples domesticated the type of com that produces popcom around 5000 BCE (5) This domesticated com has
kernels so tough that they cannot be chewed (6) To experience the soft edible inner portion of a kernel of com, the kernel must be
heated, and when heat and steam cause the kernel to burst, the son takes that we know as popcom are released
(7) Popcom as a snack did not appear in the United States until the 1820s (8) The popularity of popcom quickly spread across the
South around the 1840s (9) By 1848, the word popcorn was included in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanism (10)
According to Bartlett, the word comes from the sound that com makes when bursting open
Which change should be made to sentence 9?
A.
Remove the apostrophe in Bartlett's
B. Change was included to is included
C.
Italicize the book title Dictionary of Americanism
D. Remove the comma after 1848
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