Right. Unless it is too hard and takes too much time I can finish by noon.
Revise. Sand is all right in the back yard, but keep it out of the front yard.
436. Avoid an inconsistent change of voice within the sentence.
Wrong. The troops were taken up in trucks but came back on the train.
Right. The troops went up in trucks but came back on the train.
Revise. A month ago I was listened to with all courtesy, but now not even a dog will listen.
PRACTICE
1. The poppy can be raised in American gardens without danger of its becoming a menace as a weed, which makes its cultivation possible as a reminder of the soldiers who lie in Flanders Field. (400)
2. We can use this truck to move freight from the warehouse to the store whenever we need it. (401)