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TYPICAL ERROR

CORRECTION

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Each of these passages lacks cohesion because the writer has failed to use the perfect (completed) tense consistently. Change the inconsistent verb.

aSince ancient times, oppression of one group by another a continual problem.
bSince then, I that I prefer short holidays to extended holidays.
cThe reason that we any storms today is the dry air coming from the south.
dIn Zimbabwe, hundreds of farmers are living in poverty because they driven off their land by President Mugabi's land reforms.
eThe army did not leave the cyclone-damaged town until all the cleanup finished.
fThey would not have gone on the walk if they it was going to rain.