Section: Writing and Language

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Select the appropriate change, if any, to the sentence "He wanted out of the hospital now, and get all of these things off him." in Line 10.

1. NO CHANGE
2. He wanted out of the hospital now. And get all of these things off him.
3. He wanted out of the hospital now and get all of these things off him.
4. He wanted out of the hospital now, and to get all of these things off him.

Answer 4 reads the best because it inserts a much needed "to" as part of the infinitive phrase at the end of the sentence.