Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. A scribe could spend many months on a single long book.
Q. At that speed, books stayed rare and costly, and were found mostly in churches and palaces.
R. The press changed this, printing hundreds of copies in the time it once took to write one.
S. Before the printing press, every book in Europe had to be copied by hand.

SQPRCorrect answerYour answerQSPRCorrect answerYour answerSPQRCorrect answerYour answerPSRQCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

S opens: it sets the time, before the printing press. P says how slow copying by hand was.
Q says "at that speed", so it follows P. R says the press "changed this": the rarity and the cost.
So the order is SPQR.

Worth noting

SQPR says "at that speed" before the paragraph has said how slow copying was.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 85 s
Your timeYours: —

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