Read the sentences and look at the underlined words. (8) to understand the popularity of electric vehicles circa 1900, it is also important to understand the development of the personal vehicle and the other options available. (11) electric cars quickly became popular with urban residents -- especially women. how does the change in form or pattern in these excerpts change the meaning of how the word popular is used? in these excerpts, the word popularity functions as , while the word popular functions as .