32.1 Section Title
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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise S4-2
Shifts: person and number
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In each pair, click on the version of the sentence with no distracting shifts in person or number.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
Example
Question
32.1
Correct. The pronouns our and we are consistent. They are both first-person plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from our (first person) to you (second person). Also, in formal English, the word you should not be used to mean “anyone in general”; it should be reserved for direct references to the reader.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.2
Correct. Skunks and them are both plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular skunk to the plural them.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.3
Correct. Skunk and it are both singular.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular skunk to the plural they.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.4
Correct. The sentence is consistently written from the first-person point of view.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from I to you. Also, in formal English, the word you should not be used to mean “anyone in general.”
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.5
Correct. Dog and its are both singular.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular dog to the plural their.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.6
Correct. The sentence is worded without the vague use of you to refer to anyone in general.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. You should not be used to refer to anyone in general.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.7
Correct. Residents and their are both plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular resident to the plural their.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.8
Correct. Skunks and they are both plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular skunk to the plural they.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.9
Correct. Neighbors and their are both plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the singular neighbor to the plural their.
For more help, see section S4-a.
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Question
32.10
Correct. The pronouns Our and we are consistent. They are both first-person plural.
For more help, see section S4-a.
Sorry. The sentence shifts from the first-person Our to the second-person you. Also, in formal English, the pronoun you should not be used to mean “anyone in general.”
For more help, see section S4-a.
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