The reported speech is: "Anne and Jack had had a chat on Skype".
<span>Two well-known periodicals were published by him there: the Philadelphia Gazette and Poor Richard’s
Since Benjamin Franklin is already identified as the publisher in the first sentence, mentioning it again in subsequent sentences would be redundant, making option A incorrect. Option 2 is merely too clumsy to be effective. It could be improved if the term 'that' were replaced with 'both'</span>
For an opinion to be substantiated, you need supporting evidence or a reference to validate it. Option A qualifies as it mentions a verifiable fact by suggesting that one can check with the large computer company to see its origin. More evidence would be required to substantiate the claim that small businesses are the backbone of America's strong economy. Option C lacks easily accessible factual support, while D presents a more generalized statement.
