The reason many people consider the Mediterranean island to be ungovernable is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize all written laws.
A. is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize
B. is the inhabitants long ago learned distrusting and neutralizing
C. was because of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and to be neutralizing
D. is that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and to neutralize
E. was on account of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and neutralize
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Correct Answer: D
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