What is the best way to revise the sentence? change "Abashed" to "Abashing" change "mortifying" to "mortified" change "to rewrite" to "rewriting" change "beginning" to "began"

Change "mortifying" to "mortified"

Explanation:

Here is the complete question:

Read the sentence.

Abashed by the harsh criticism, the mortifying writer decided to rewrite the beginning of the book.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

A. Change "Abashed" to "Abashing"

B. Change "mortifying" to "mortified"

C. Change "to rewrite" to "rewriting"

D. Change "beginning" to "began"

From the question, we can see that the use of tenses are incorrect. The use of "mortifying" is wrong, the past tense of mortify which is " mortified" is the right word to use.

When the -ing form is used as noun, it modifies the verb, but in this case, the past tense should have been used.

don't come near me, i might sneeze on you

explanation:

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel