Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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on appeal as to the correctness of that basis for the judgment of the trial court. “ ‘An argument not made on appeal is abandoned or waived.’ ” Muhammad v. Ford, 986 So.2d 1158, 1165 (Ala.2007) (quoting Avis Rent A Car Sys., Inc. v. Heilman, 876 So.2d 1111, 1124 n. 8 (Ala.2003)). Moreover, it is well settled that, in order to secure a reversal, “the appellant has an affirmative duty of showing error upon the record,” Tucker v. Nichols, 431 So.2d 1263, 1264 (Ala.1983), and that “ ‘[i]t is not the function of this court to search a record on appeal to find evidence to support a party’s argument.’ ” Ellison v. Green, 775 So.2d 831, 833 (Ala.Civ.App.2000)(quoting Brown v. Brown, 719 So.2d 228, 230 (Ala.Civ.App.1998)). See also Soutullo v. Mobile County, 58 So.3d 733, 739 (Ala.2010) . Therefore, even if we agreed with ALDOT that
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that the failure to raise an issue in the opening brief waives the issue
B. holding that failure to include an issue in statement of issues did not bar the appellant from raising the issue in its opening brief
C. holding that the failure of the appellant to discuss in the opening brief an issue on which the trial court might have relied as a basis for its judgment  results in an affirmance of that judgment
D. holding that failure to discuss an issue in an appellate brief constitutes abandonment of that issue
E. holding that failure to raise an issue in an opening brief waives that issue
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.