Last Minute Writing Question

eljamas
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:02:09 +0000

Because the first part of the sentence (Brought… education) describes Lee Yan Phou, not his childhood. He, not his childhood, was brought to the US at the age of thirteen.

“While” implies that both happen simultaneously. The income gap expanded in the 1980s and then later expanded in the 1990s. They both happened at separate times.

Good luck… I’m taking the test for my second time tomorrow.