I would say held because vague means that you aren't certain about what you're doing and the other words describe to hold onto something for dear life so I would go with held...if that's helpful to you.
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A. Determine the type of argument and look for potential flaws.
“I love to hear her speak” “And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare”
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Have gotten is the qorrect verb
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i looked up literary pretension and its when you think you're a great writer so maybe the dad isn't good at writing but still wrote the histories or didn't have much experience writing?
