Which sentence contains an inappropriate shift in tense? A. The barrier will drop down every time that a train approaches the crossing. B. As I came in the front door, Eddie is going out the back door. C. If anyone knows the answer, she does.

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Max Escobar

19 February, 05:09

Which sentence contains an inappropriate shift in tense? A. The barrier will drop down every time that a train approaches the crossing. B. As I came in the front door, Eddie is going out the back door. C. If anyone knows the answer, she does.

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Gauge · Answer 1

A. will drop - - > will have dropped

B. is going - - > was going

Bethany Melton · Answer 2

B. The sentence should read: As I came in the front door, Eddie went out the back door (Or something similar to that)

A. This is a correct change in tense. "The barrier will drop down every time that a train approaches the crossing." Basically this says that "when the train does this, the barrier does this ... "

B. This is incorrect because the sentence starts in the past progressive tense, but ends in the present progressive.

C. This is also correct.