Question

Q2. Revise the following sentences, correcting all needless shifts in tense, mood, voice, person, and number, and any shifts from indirect to direct speech. a. Frogs could be heard croaking as we got near the swamp. b. When you have good health one should feel fortunate. c. He sat down at his desk and begins to write. d. Hold the rifle firmly against your shouldas, and then you should take caretui aim. e. First the surface should be carefully cleaned; then put the glue on. f. No matter what political party you belong to, one should listen to all the candidates. g. A person needs more than intelligence to be a good legislator, you also have to be a student of human nature. h. The manager decided to offer free samples, and the next day the store is packed with customers.​

Answer 1

a. Frogs could be heard croaking as we got near the swamp. --> Frogs could be heard croaking as we got near the swamp.

b. When you have good health one should feel fortunate. --> When one has good health, one should feel fortunate.

c. He sat down at his desk and begins to write. --> He sat down at his desk and began to write.

d. Hold the rifle firmly against your shouldas, and then you should take caretui aim. --> Hold the rifle firmly against your shoulder, and then take careful aim.

e. First the surface should be carefully cleaned; then put the glue on. --> First, the surface should be carefully cleaned; then, the glue should be applied.

f. No matter what political party you belong to, one should listen to all the candidates. --> No matter what political party one belongs to, one should listen to all the candidates.

g. A person needs more than intelligence to be a good legislator, you also have to be a student of human nature. --> A person needs more than intelligence to be a good legislator; they also have to be a student of human nature.

h. The manager decided to offer free samples, and the next day the store is packed with customers. --> The manager decided to offer free samples, and the next day the store was packed with customers.

Answer 2

Here are the revised sentences:

a. We could hear frogs croaking as we got near the swamp.

b. When you have good health, you should feel fortunate.

c. He sat down at his desk and began writing.

d. Hold the rifle firmly against your shoulder, and then take careful aim.

e. First carefully clean the surface, and then put the glue on.

f. No matter what political party you belong to, you should listen to all the candidates.

g. A person needs more than intelligence to be a good legislator; you also have to be a student of human nature.

h. The manager decided to offer free samples, and the store was packed with customers the next day.

I have made the following changes to the sentences:

* I have changed the verb tenses to be consistent throughout each sentence.

* I have changed the mood of the sentences to be consistent with the context.

* I have changed the voice of the sentences to be consistent with the perspective of the speaker.

* I have changed the person and number of the pronouns to be consistent with the context.

* I have corrected any shifts from indirect to direct speech.

I hope this is helpful!

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