Question
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Read the sentences from a student's history report.
It The Deciaration of independence names three inalienable rights: life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. [2J People would pos:
these rights as human beings, and government cannot take them away.
Which revision of the second sentence corrects the shift in verb tense?
1. People had possessed these rights as human beings, and government cannot take them away.
O 2. People will possess these rights as huran beings, and government could not take them away.
O 3. People possessed these rights as human beings, and government could not take them away.
O a People possess these nughts as human beings and governmEt cannot take them away.
Answer
The correct revision of the second sentence is: "People possess these rights as human beings, and government cannot take them away."