D.THE CONTEXT OF THE SENTENCE SUGGESTS THAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE—WRO...

5. d.The context of the sentence suggests that many people believe—wrongly—that butter can help healburns. The best replacement, therefore, is popular belief. Choice ais clearly incorrect, because the sen-tence tells us not to apply butter to burns. Choice bis incorrect because the context suggests that whilean old wives’ tale is not true, it is not a direct lie. Rather, it’s a mistaken belief. Many old wives’ tales areancient, but putting butter on burns is (erroneous) advice, not a story, so choice cis not the bestanswer.