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TSI Writing: "I" vs. "You" 9 Views

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Description:

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

If you apply to the online college, I should hear from the admissions office within a month.

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Okay see editing shmoop er's Here we go it's dive
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in If you apply to the online college like the
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one i should hear from the admissions office within a
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month if you apply i should hear is like big
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brother the nsa Are you listening way love you guys

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high and say people yeah we're good We're all good
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right Ok Well whenever we use pronouns they want to
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make sure they stay consistent Sorry We want to make
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sure that we stay consistent What happens when we don't
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stay on top of those pronounce the sentence begins with
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the second person pronoun you by shifting the first person
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pronoun i we lose sight of who exactly is hearing
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from the admissions office Yeah not the nsa Staying consistent
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means using the same pronoun so that nobody gets lost
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and that pronoun is you So that it's the college
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you should and and that's it We're shmoop check out
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shmoop university if you want to someday dr for ups
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