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The wise leader and politician ...... assassinated.​

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Step-by-step explanation:

was

It's the only word I can think of that can go in the blank.

I had intended to leave the interesting comment made by a student and my response in the comments, but I decided to copy them and put them here.

Just out of curiosity, why would it not be were? I was thinking that the wise leader and politician could be grouped into “they were” rather than “they was”.

jcherry99 avatar

Interesting comment. I hope the asker reads what you've said and how I replied. You took it as two different people. I took it as one: somebody like JFK or MLK. There is no way to make it clearer, and retain the simplicity of the sentence.

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I'm working on my cell, which I find impossible to do well.

Oh! Thank you for helping me understand

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