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Which of the following does not plagiarize the Simon Winchester excerpt below?

The English language — so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy, so subtle, and now, in its never-ending fullness, so undeniably magnificent — is inits essence the language of invasion. It was always bound to be so: Geology and oceanography saw to it that the British Isles, since long before their populated time, were indeed almost always islands, and the ancestors of allwho ever lived there first arrived by sea from beyond, bringing with them their customs, their looks — and their language.

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The English language is huge and finds its origins in those who constantly invaded the British Isles (Winchester 1).

B.

The English language — so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy, so subtle, and now, in its never-ending fullness, so undeniably magnificent — is in its essence the language of invasion.

C.

People who came to the British Isles arrived by sea from beyond, bringing with them their customs, their looks — and their language, English.
D.
Geology and oceanography saw to it that the British Isles, since long before their populated time, were indeed almost always islands, so the English language is in its essence the language of invasion.

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Answer:

A. The English language is huge and finds its origins in those who constantly invaded the British Isles (Winchester 1).

Step-by-step explanation:

Not only does it cite Winchester but it also doesn't copy from the phrase verbatum

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