Saturday, January 5, 2008

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Jan 5th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

"We seen the truck come down the hill, it was driving to fast and couldn't of stopped before hitting a car at the intersection: there were debris laying all over the road.

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.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

We saw a truck come down the hill driving too fast; It couldn't stop before hitting a car in the intersection. Which left debris all over the road.

Veronica Baig said...

Tammy: You're on the right track, but I want you to note that your last "sentence" is really a dependent clause--it can't stand on its own.

Anonymous said...

We have seen the track coming down the hill. It was driving too fast and it couldn’t stop before hitting a car at the intersection. There was debris laying all over the road.

Veronica Baig said...

Irena: Check your answer against the answers in the Course Announcement section.