The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct words and punctuation for each blank. Years later, the library suffered a tragic fate: In 1851, two-thirds of the Jefferson ____ destroyed in another fire.
A) collection was
B) collection, was

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The subject of the sentence is "two-thirds of the Jefferson collection," and "was" is the correct verb to agree with the singular subject. "Collection, was" would create a comma splice and is not grammatically correct.

The Following Sentences Form a Paragraph