|Question 20Verbal

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Many works of the Roman scholar Varro (1st century BCE), including his history of Rome, De gente populi Romani, have been lost to time. Scholars wishing to read a work written by the Roman scholar needn't ________ they can still procure a copy of Varro's Rerum rusticarum libri tres, a treatise on agriculture.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
despair, though
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despair, though,
B
despair, though;
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despair—though
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