Correct the errors in the following sentence:
Coming down the hill, we seen the truck driving to fast and couldn't of stopped before hitting a car on the intersection: there were debris laying all over the road.
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We saw the truck moving very fast as it was coming down the hill, it couldn't stop before hitting another car in the intersection. There was debris lying all over the road.
Anastasia: Very close! Just one punctuation mistake.
Coming down the hill we saw the truck driving too fast. He couldn't of stopped before hitting a car at the intersection. There was debris lying all over the road.
Dave: There is a misplaced modifier in your answer, as well as a common language use mistake when you say "couldn't of." That's what it SOUNDS like, but that's not the correct grammar.
We saw the truck moving very fast as it was coming down the hill; it couldn't stop before hitting another car in the intersection. There was debris lying all over the road.
We saw that the truck was driving to fast while coming down the hill and it couldn't stop before hitting a car in the intersection. There was debris lying all over the road.
JOANNE: Notice the problem with word confusion (to/too), and be careful with the punctuation (comma splice).
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