Read carefully through the paragraph below, and decide which of the options is correct

Intermediate and felsic continental crust can form by simple mantle melting. Physical separation of metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks may leave behind typical, more felsic crust. Partial melting of basaltic oceanic crust in hot early Earth may have generated magmas with continental-crust composition that form rarely today
A) The word " rarely " should be replaced by "abundantly".
B) The word "can" should be replaced by "cannot".
C) The word " separation " should be replaced by "mixing".
D) The word " Partial " should be replaced by "Total".


Answer: B

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