Please note that there is no single way to revise each question successfully. On the final page of the exercise you will find a link to a page of sample revisions, to which you can compare your answers. For a discussion of metaphors and mixed metaphors see pages 88-89 in The Broadview Guide to Writing.

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Unmix the metaphors in the folllowing sentence. [Note that there may be more than one correct answer.]

We don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water before we check to see if the coast is clear.

   

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