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Shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday, a pickup truck veered off the edge of the 237 freeway and rolled over into several trees, surprising the residents of an apartment building only a few feet away.
“Thank god there weren’t any kids inside,” said a resident of the apartment complex who was peering at the wreck through a cyclone fence.
The truck was heading towards the complex when it went off the sloping edge of the freeway and into several trees that stopped it just short of going through the cyclone fence. The neighbor said he called 911 immediately after he heard the crash and several passers by stopped their cars on the side of the 237 freeway to help the driver out of the Toyota Tundra pickup truck, which was still on its roof.
“He was so dazed he was trying to restart the engine,” said a resident of the complex at 29 Church Street.
The driver was not taken to the hospital and no one else appeared to be involved in the accident. He stood aside as tow truck drivers and firefighters pulled his truck back up the slope onto the freeway.
Traffic was slowed as two lanes were blocked off before the 237 ends at El Camino Real.
Nice little article, but does anyone proofread these things? There is no apostrophe in the phrase “its roof”. (3rd paragraph)
No apostrophe? Well its a good thing your proofreading there articles four them.
I certify this article as grammatically correct in its current shape, although a comma would be nice after “Sunday” in the first sentence!
I meant “Saturday.”
the lack of a apostrophe is due to budget cuts
i cant even afford apostrophes, capitals, n’s, or periods
Um, “its roof” is correct, there should be no apostrophe. If it were “it’s roof”, that would be short for “it is roof”, which makes no sense.
“its roof”.
incorrect
“its roof.” would be correct.
SELF PWN4G3 FTW!
“its roof”.
incorrect
“its roof.” would be correct.
SELF PWN4G3 FTW!
@Sparty
Your point is correct in the U.S. However, if you read Financial Times articles (http://www.ft.com/), you would notice that period is routinely placed outside of quotes. Example: The IMF board was briefed on the case on Monday and said it would “continue to monitor developments”.
He could have simply dozed off.
Sleep Apnea is very common and eventually the body just goes nighty-night.
I will wager that more fatal car accidents are caused by untreated Sleep Apnea
than alcohol.
Like the Sheriff’s Deputy who fell asleep at the wheel in the middle of the day and tragically killed the two cyclists up by Steven’s Creek Resevoir about 3 years ago.
Serious? You folks have nothing better to do than mock the writer for errors? One would think people have better things to do with their time.
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Thank God no one was hurt in this accident. Anyone that has driven any length of time has had those moments where your eyes get so heavy it’s hard to keep them open.
Okay thread police – go for it.
@Jack
Sleep Apnea is serious… This from N.Y. Times:
“Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers are fighting for his release on the $1 million bail posted by his wife, arguing that he suffers from sleep apnea and that he should not be considered a flight risk.”
Enough about the writers. What about the tree? Is it ok? Just glad it didn’t catch fire like the ones on Middlefield Rd.
@Laurence: Are you the guy who created the iPod auto-correction bug that interferes with its acceptance of “it’s a shame it was on its roof”? I suppose if the truck belonged to a woman, you would invent a word to say “it was her’s”. ITS is a possessive pronoun, “the possessive form of *it* (used as an attributive adjective),” according to Random House Dictionary. So is MY, YOUR, OUR and THEIR. It’s a shame that nobody learns grammar in grammar school anymore. They’re, a load off my chest.
OK, wise guys, I meant “So _are_ MY, YOUR, …”. And yes, I favor putting punctuation that is used rather than mentioned (including periods) outside the closing quotation mark. And while I’m ranting, in this third millenium, let’s throw out all the other, ambiguous numerical date formats in favor of the big-endian one, YYYY.MM.DD or ‘YYMMDD. It rationalizes and simplifies sorting. It’s also shorter (in the abbreviated, “tic” form).
LOL, Granny. I caught four – its, your, there, and four. Did I miss any?
I drove past the accident after the police were already there. I don’t know how someone could have gone off-road there. It is straight path. Was there alcohol involved?
“He was so dazed he was trying to restart the engine”.
The truck was upside down. If he was that dazed, he should have been arrested for drunk driving or taken to the hospital for a head injury exam.
You didn’t know?
When it comes to any kind of rule, law or custom, Mountain View chooses which ones it will enforce…or NOT enforce…
That includes any GRAMMAR issues….
“Serious? You folks have nothing better to do than mock the writer for errors?”
Umm, not really. We are having some fun. Sorry that you are a dork.