Which of the following contains a needless shift in verb tense?

a. Seventeenth-century Japanese used tattoos as punishment and identify criminals by tattooing their foreheads.

b. The 5,000-year-old "ice man" discovered in the Alps had fifty-seven tattoos near acupuncture points on his body, so scientists speculate these tattoos may have had a medicinal purpose.

c. Samuel O'Reilly invented the tattoo machine in the late 1800s, and the machines used today have changed very little since that time.

d. Tattoo artists may create custom designs, or they may use ready-made designs.


a. Seventeenth-century Japanese used tattoos as punishment and identify criminals by tattooing their foreheads.

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