The correct answer to this question is the second one “to state the writers opinion”
If you accept either C or D as the correct revision then you have to accept both of them. Hence the best way to treat the sentence is to ignore both of them.
B is not correct either. You can over punctuate.
That leaves A.
Sometimes the right answer to many things is to do nothing. My dad used to say "Don't fix what isn't broke."
A is the answer <<<<<
1. d
2. c
mouse rhymes with house, and ship rhymes with lip.
The answer is: [A]: simple.
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The sentence given:
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"<span>South Africa is the wealthiest and most powerful country of the region."
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is a simple sentence.</span>