Could you please correct sentences?

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For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I had planty of time. I had a urge to go jogging on a track. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be sloppy and muddy. After runing only one lap around the ground, I gave up running because my shoes got smeared. I might as well have stretched my neck and shoulder because I has knotted shoulder. I pull my shoulder back and rotated it. While strenching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car knocking into the other car from behind. If the car had not beend speedy, the accident would not have occured.

Could you correct sentences?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

messier42Could you correct sentences?

No, but I have underlined some problem areas for you to correct (I have also struck out useless verbiage):

For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I had planty of time. I had a urge to go jogging ~~on a track~~. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be sloppy and muddy. After runing only one lap ~~around the ground~~, I gave up ~~running~~ because my shoes got smeared. I might as well have stretched my neck and shoulder because I has knotted shoulder. I pull my shoulder back and rotated it. While strenching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car knocking into the other car from behind. If the car had not beend speedy, the accident would not have occured.

Messier42 · Answer

For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I have had a planty of time. I had urge to go jogging ~~on a track~~. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be wet and muddy. After running only one lap ~~around the ground~~, I gave up ~~running~~ because my shoes got soiled. I had nothing to do but to [might as well have stretched] stretch my neck and shoulder because I had a knotted shoulder. I pulled my shoulder back and rotated it. While stretching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car knocking into a car front from behind. If the car had not been fast, the accident would not have occurred.

Thank you.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Still some problems. Please try again:

For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I have had a planty of time. I had urge to go jogging. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be wet and muddy. After running only one lap, I gave up because my shoes got soiled. I had nothing to do but to [might as well have stretched/stretch my neck and shoulder because I had a knotted shoulder. I pulled my shoulder back and rotated it. While stretching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car knocking into a car front from behind. If the car had not been fast, the accident would not have occurred.

Messier42 · Answer

Still some problems. Please try again:
For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I have had plenty of time. I have had desire to go jogging. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be wet and muddy. After running only one lap, I gave up because my shoes got soiled. I might as well have stretched my neck and shoulder because I had a knotted shoulder. I pulled my shoulder back and rotated it. While stretching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car knock into a front car from behind. If the car had not been drving fast, the accident would not have occurred.

Sorry,, I can't think of a substitue for 'might as well have '

Thank you

Mister Micawber · Answer

For the last three weeks, I have not worked out at all, although I have had plenty of time. I had an urge to go jogging. I went to the track in a school nearby. However, the ground turned out to be wet and muddy. After running only one lap, I gave up because my shoes got soiled. I had a knotted shoulder. I pulled my shoulder back and rotated it. While stretching my body, I was quite a bit jolted to see a car run into another car from behind. If the car had not been speeding, the accident would not have occurred.

Sorry,, I can't think of a substitue for 'might as well have '-- And I still don't know what it means, so I have deleted it.

Messier42 · Answer

I might as well have stretched my neck and shoulder because I had a knotted shoulder.
--> I had nothing to do. Therefore, I decided to do something else, since i was out. I ended up deciding stretching my neck and shoulder because i had a knotted shoulder.

Is a sloppy mud wrong?
What's the difference 'smeared' and 'soiled'?
I thought 'to get smeared' means 'to get dirty.

Thank you!

Mister Micawber · Answer

OK, I understand; this is what you mean:

I thought that I might as well stretch my neck and shoulder because I had a knotted shoulder.

Is a sloppy mud wrong?-- Yes. 'Sloppy' refers to behavior: He is a sloppy kisser.
What's the difference 'smeared' and 'soiled'?-- A smear is a light, liquid coating: the mud in your essay would be too thick and messy to be considered a smear.

Messier42 · Answer

Thank you for your reply.
I searched for the word "sloppy mud" and came accross this picture.
What do you think that they used "sloppy" there? http://www.travbuddy.com/photos/reviews/7316

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/21977754@N08/2147077297/ by http://www.flickriver.com/photos/21977754@N08/popular-interesting/

Sloppy mud!

Mister Micawber · Answer

messier42Why do you think that they used "sloppy" there?

They are not grammarians.

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