I was using both steel wool and sandpaper to try and remove the rust from the hammer, but the 
OPTIONS:
- steel wool was too coarse.
- sandpaper was too coarse.
sandpaper was too coarse.

The outbreak reached the city before the country, because the 
OPTIONS:
- city was farther from ground zero.
- country was farther from ground zero.
country was farther from ground zero.

Going to look at the fish in the pet store was Victoria's least favorite thing, but Samantha loved fish, so 
OPTIONS:
- Victoria got an aquarium for her birthday.
- Samantha got an aquarium for her birthday.
Samantha got an aquarium for her birthday.