I believe its D. The author provides commonsense examples to refute the counterclaim :)
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Complex sentences have a lot of words and go into further detail than a basic sentence.
My father visited John Grisham, author of the novel a time to kill, in Oxford, Mississippi.
Answer:
The answer on edge 2020 is b.
Jus' literally took the test :)
Hoped this helped.
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