Shifts: person and number

In each pair, click on the version of the sentence with no distracting shifts in person or number.

For help with this exercise, see Shifts in person and number.

Example

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◯ After the summer’s drought had dried up the water in the woods around our town, you began to see skunks everywhere.
◯ After the summer’s drought had dried up the water in the woods around our town, we began to see skunks everywhere.
Shifts: person and number – 1

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◯ Skunks are ordinarily shy animals, but hunger and thirst can drive them into heavily populated city streets.
◯ The skunk is ordinarily a shy animal, but hunger and thirst can drive them into heavily populated city streets.
Shifts: person and number – 2

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◯ When a skunk is desperate, they show little fear.
◯ When a skunk is desperate, it shows little fear.
Shifts: person and number – 3

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◯ I don’t mind an occasional skunk around my house, but I don’t want to encounter one unexpectedly and frighten it.
◯ I don’t mind an occasional skunk around my house, but you don’t want to encounter one unexpectedly and frighten it.
Shifts: person and number – 4

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◯ If a skunk sprays the family dog, soap and water will not remove the smell from their fur.
◯ If a skunk sprays the family dog, soap and water will not remove the smell from its fur.
Shifts: person and number – 5

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◯ I know of only one good way for you to neutralize the smell of skunk: washing the sprayed item, pet, or person in tomato juice.
◯ I know of only one good way to neutralize the smell of skunk: washing the sprayed item, pet, or person in tomato juice.
Shifts: person and number – 6

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◯ Residents who do not secure their garbage cans are likely to attract skunks.
◯ Any resident who does not secure their garbage cans is likely to attract skunks.
Shifts: person and number – 7

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◯ Every skunk loves garbage; they are also fond of compost.
◯ Skunks love garbage; they are also fond of compost.
Shifts: person and number – 8

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◯ Neighbors a block away from me discovered a skunk living in their basement; their children quickly spread the news around the neighborhood.
◯ A neighbor a block away from me discovered a skunk living in their basement; their children quickly spread the news around the neighborhood.
Shifts: person and number – 9

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◯ Our skunk problem is, fortunately, temporary—you just have to wait for winter to drive the little visitors back into the woods to hibernate.
◯ Our skunk problem is, fortunately, temporary—we just have to wait for winter to drive the little visitors back into the woods to hibernate.
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