Question

though the concept remained a local trend at first, international repair cafés, all affiliated with the dutch repair café via its website, have since arisen in france, germany, south africa, the united states, and other countries on top of that. a. no change b. in addition. c. likewise d. delete the underlined portion, and end the sentence with a period.

Explanation:

The phrase "on top of that" is redundant here because the sentence already uses "and other countries" to indicate additional locations. Removing the underlined portion eliminates redundancy and makes the sentence grammatically correct and concise. The other options either keep the redundancy (A, B) or use a word that doesn't fit the context (C, as "likewise" implies a parallel action rather than additional items).

Answer:

D. DELETE the underlined portion, and end the sentence with a period.