The Answer should be B. Credentials as going by it's definition and all.
<span>Long after the world to which it belonged has vanished, a habit of thought will live on, indelibly imprinted upon a race or nation, like the footprint of some extinct beast or bird upon a piece of stone.
The word indelibly refers to the anything that is impossible to remove or forget. It is the mark that cannot be erased.</span>
I would say the editing phase, as I have done a lot of writing and multiple people around me refer it as that, but the revising stage also covers editing, which doesn't make much sense. I guess that it depends on what your class taught you. Sorry if this doesn't help you, but my best answer would be the editing, since it covers going back through a paper to check for errors. Do you know what the exact definition of "editing" and "revising" is and could you get back to me with that?
Answer:
the author's purpose is to persuade or convince
