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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense

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Many works of the Roman historian Suetonius (1st century CE), including his book on miscellaneous topics, Pratum, have been lost to time. Antiquarians        to read one of Suetonius’s extant works—not one known only through references to it by other authors, that is—might instead procure a copy of his De vita caesarum, a biography of the Roman Empire’s first leaders.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A

hoped

B

hoping

C

have hoped

D

hopes