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Sunday being third person singular?

the verb remains works (3rd-person singular present) The verb is "works", not Sunday. Sunday is not 3rd-person singular present - "works" is.
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Is it grammatically correct to say "the baby can't eat himself" meaning that the baby can't ...

It should be, "The baby can't feed himself." While most people could properly infer your meaning if you said, "The baby can't eat by himself," that sentence could also mean that for some reason, the …
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Shark attack - Streamline English book. Use past tense or presense tense

You're correct. The author mixed his tense. It's sloppy writing, but tends to happen more with people relating their own story, especially in such an emotional situation. Notice the violent parts t …
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