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Answer : Tense Consistency Exercise 2

Many answers are possible for this exercise. However, we are providing two sentences here to show a sample of what you could have written.

1. We stand patiently, hoping that change will occur. (use future tense)

2. Advertisers seem to believe that consumers blindly purchase whatever they see in TV commercials. (use present tense)

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