Question

Monica relocated into a new apartment last weekend. She had countless boxes to pack and could not possibly attempt to transport the furniture herself. She is hiring movers to help her with the heaviest items. Monica's furniture was loaded into a truck and moved to her new apartment. She was there to instruct the movers where to put everything. Luckily, all the furniture made it to the location in one piece! Which best explains the inconsistency in writing used in this paragraph? It does not maintain a single point of view. It does not maintain appropriate verb tense. It does not maintain the same tone throughout. It does not maintain the same style throughout.

Answer 1

It does not maintain appropriate verb tense.
The sentence “She is hiring movers to help her with the heaviest items.” is in present tense, but the rest of the text is in past tense. For example: “Monica relocated into a new apartment last weekend.” To fix the inconsistency, the writer should change the sentence in present tense to past tense, like so: “She hired movers to help her with the heaviest items.” We know this is the correct tense (past) because it says in the first sentence that Monica moved “...last week.” (which would be in the past).