Monday, April 14, 2008

GRAMMAR QUESTION, April 14th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

The car was driving erratic when it'd went off the road and the driver Jack Lemay is injured serious.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

Note: you can still see previous Grammar Questions of the Week; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.

11 comments:

saraw said...

Jack Lemay was seriously injured when he erratically drove his car off the road.

kerry said...

The car was driving erratic when it went off the road; the driver Jack Lemay was seriously injured.

saraw said...

Another attempt:
The car was erratic when it went off the road and the driver, Jack Lemay, was seriously injured.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: #1--That's an interesting solution; #2--not as good.
Kerry: On the right track--thinkabout word form;-)

Jeff said...

Jack Lemay was seriously injured after driving erracticly and forcing the car went off the road.

Dina said...

The car was being driven erratically, when it went off the road, and the driver Jack Lemay was seriously injured.

Veronica Baig said...

Jeff: You're on the right track, but you need to proofread your sentence;-)
Dina: Yes, but do check the punctuation.

dina said...

The car was being driven erratically, when it went off the road; and the driver Jack Lemay was seriously injured.

Carole said...

After driving the car erratically, Jack Lemay, the driver, was seriously injured; and the car went off the road.

Veronica Baig said...

Dina: That was a movein the wrong direction:-(
Carole: Good apart from the semicolon usage;-)

dina said...

The car was being driven erratically when it went off the road, and the driver Jack Lemay was seriously injured.