Correct the errors in the following sentence:
The roads were slippery over the new year, so I drove cautious when I went out but I stayed at home to take it easier as much as possible.
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I stayed home as much as possible during the New Year because the roads were slippery but when I went out I drove very cautiously.
The roads were slippery over the New Year. When I went out I drove cautiously. To take it easy, I stayed home as much as possible.
Brendie: Yes, but you've missed out the part about "to take it easier", and check your punctuation;-)
Bich-Thuy: OK, but when you split this into three separate sentences, you miss some of the connections between ideas, and the writing becomes rather choppy.
On New Year's Day, the roads were slippery, so I had driven cautiously when I went out; but I took it easier: I stayed home as much as possible.
Lorraine: Most of this is very good, but the clause "but I took it easier" is confusing. In the original it relates to "stayed at home", but in your sentence, it also appears to contradict the previous statement about driving cautiously.
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