Item 8

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Jaime grabbed the leash with both hands and threw his weight backward. To keep Roxie, his German shepherd, from attacking Mr. Velasquez, who was walking down the sidewalk.
  1. Jaime grabbed the leash with both hands and threw his weight backward; to keep Roxie, his German shepherd, from attacking Mr. Velasquez, who was walking down the sidewalk.
  2. Jaime grabbed the leash with both hands and threw his weight backward, to keep Roxie, his German shepherd, from attacking Mr. Velasquez, who was walking down the sidewalk.
  3. Jaime grabbed the leash with both hands and threw his weight backward to keep Roxie, his German shepherd, from attacking Mr. Velasquez, who was walking down the sidewalk.