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Which revision best corrects the inappropriate shift in verb mood in sentence 18?
A. Make efforts to protect people from extreme weather to help save lives, and you should do your part by staying alert and being prepared.
B. Your efforts to protect people from extreme weather can save lives, and be sure to do your part by staying alert and being prepared.
C. Efforts protecting people from extreme weather can save lives, and understand that you do your part by staying alert and being prepared.
D. Efforts to protect people from extreme weather can save lives, and people can do their part by staying alert and being prepared.

(18) Efforts to protect people from extreme weather can save lives, and be sure to do your part by staying alert and being prepared.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D. It keeps both clauses in the same (indicative) mood: "Efforts... can save lives, and people can do their part..."