Вданном отрывке из статьи ввс допущены различные ошибки в пунктуации и/ или грамматике. лишь один из 4-х вариантов является правильным. найдите этот вариант. выберите один ответ: 1) spanning nine time zones, russia is the largest country on earth in terms of surface area, although large tracts in the north and east are inhospitable and sparsely populated. (from bbc, 9 september 2013) 2)spanned nine time zones, russia is the largest country on earth in terms of surface area, although large tracts in the north and east are inhospitable and sparsely populated. (from bbc, 9 september 2013) 3)spanned nine time zones, russia is the largest country on earth in terms by surface area, although large tracts in north and east inhospitable and sparsely populates. (from bbc, 9 september 2013) 4)spanning nine time zones, russia is a largest country in earth in terms of surface area, although large tracts in the north and east are inhospitable and sparsely populated. (from bbc, 9 september 2013)
2 spanned - неправильно, нужно spanning
3 отсутствует артикль the перед словом north
4 неправильный артикль стоит перед прилагательным в превосходной степени largest, нужно говорить the largest