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.
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Due to his erratic driving manner, Jack Lemay suffered serious injuries when his car went off the raod.
Jack Lemay was seriously injured, when his car went off the road due to his erratic driving.
Jack Lemay's erratic driving cause the car the go off the road and left him with serious injuries.
Samantha: You have made some interesting changes, butyou have arrived at a good solution.
Tammy: Yes, but do checkthe punctuation.
Nancy: You're on the right track; check verb usage.
The car was driving erratically when it went off the road and the driver, Jack Lemay, got seriously injured.
The driver, Jack Lemay, was seriously injured when the car he was driving erraticly went off the road.
Correction: Jack Lemay was seriously injured when the car he was driving erratically went off the road.
Please cancel my first draft.
The car that Jack Lemay was erracticaly driving went off the road; Jack was seriously injured.
Due to erratic driving, Jack Lemay was seriously injured when his car went off the road.
Irena: Pretty good--check the punctuation, and try to avoid using "got" (it's a slang usage)--there are other verbs that more precise.
Kelsey: A good, if wordy, solution;-) The revision works better:-)
Marie-Christine: Yes, but watch your spelling, and note that in theis case, the adverb "erratically" works better after the verb.
Janine: On the right track, but it's not clear that Jack was the person who was driving erratically;-)
Jack Lemay was seriously injured when his erratic driving caused the car to go off the road.
Jack Lemay was seriously injured when his car went off the road, due to his erratic driving.
Dejo: A good solution:-)
Tammy: That comma does cause you problems:-)
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