Read the following sentences.
Place your baggage securely on the rack. Upon arrival, passengers should check to make sure they have not left anything behind.
Which revision of these sentences corrects an improper mood shift between the imperative mood and the indicative mood?
A.
Place your baggage securely on the rack! Upon arrival, passengers should check to make sure they have left nothing behind!
B.
Passengers should place their baggage securely on the rack. Upon arrival, check to make sure you have not left anything behind.
C.
Place your baggage securely on the rack. Upon arrival, check to make sure you have not left anything behind
D.
Passengers should place their baggage securely on the rack. Upon arrival, check to make sure passengers have not left anything behind
1 answer
The correct revision that addresses the improper mood shift between the imperative mood and the indicative mood is:
C. Place your baggage securely on the rack. Upon arrival, check to make sure you have not left anything behind.
This option maintains the imperative mood in the first sentence while keeping the second sentence in the imperative form by directly addressing the reader ("check").
