|Question 21Verbal

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Many works of the Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides (2nd century BCE), including his history of Europe, Ta kata ten Europen, have been lost to time. Scholars wishing to read a work written by the Greek historian and geographer needn't ________ they can still procure a copy of Agatharchides's De Mari Erythraeo, a geographical treatise.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
despair, though,
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despair, though;
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despair; though
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despair—though
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