Exercise: Revising to eliminate unnecessary shifts

EXERCISE 44.1

Revise the following sentences to eliminate unnecessary shifts in tense, mood, voice, or person and number and between direct and indirect discourse. Most of the items can be revised in more than one way. Examples:

When a person goes to college, you face many new situations

When a person goes to college, he or she faces many new situations

When people go to college, they face many new situations

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