"There was one moment where I really genuinely thought I was going to drown. I got caught on a wire and the safety people had been sent around the corner because they were in the shot and so they couldn't see me. The camera people couldn't see me and there was about maybe two inches of breathing room." - Josh Lucas, on filming Poseidon
This quote contains two errors: a poor choice of subordinating conjunction and an error in subject/verb agreement.
In the first sentence, the subordinating conjunction "where" (which introduces the adverb clause "I really genuinely thought I was going to drown") modifies "one moment." Since "one moment" refers to a point in time, not a place, the correct word to use is "when."
In the last sentence, the subject is "two inches," which is plural, and the verb is "was," which is singular. To correct the sentence, change the verb to the plural.
This version of Josh's statement corrects the errors:
"There was one moment when I really genuinely thought I was going to drown. I got caught on a wire and the safety people had been sent around the corner because they were in the shot and so they couldn't see me. The camera people couldn't see me and there were about maybe two inches of breathing room."
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