The revision that would help expand the ideas in the excerpt is <span>adding more specifics about the sailors' beliefs about the island.
</span>The author just mentions their beliefs briefly, but doesn't really expand on that topic, which may be relevant further down in the text. This is why I believe that adding such details is important to include in this essay to make it more detailed and easy to understand.
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Misplaced
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Expecting rain, the umbrella was propped up against the wall. (The umbrella can't expect rain. The person who was expecting rain, and who propped the umbrella against the wall, is missing from the sentence.)
