*GNS221 GENERAL CLASS ASSIGNMENT*

The rail road was not the first institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchant have set out their wears at day break and communal festivities have been completed, people have been in rough agreement with neighbors as to the time of the day. The value of their tradition is today more apparent than ever. Where it's not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearable, chaotic. The massive daily transfer of goods, services and information will proceed in fits and starts, the very fabric of modern society will begin to unravel.

QUESTIONS
*1* What is the main idea of the passage

*2* In line six(6), the phrase "Tradition" refers to what

*3* Identify an opinion in the passage

*4* Identify fact of the passage


Identify an opinion in the passage