A woman who wanted to take a selfie

[Bassim]

I am wondering if my sentence is grammatically correct.

A woman who wanted to take a selfie was so clumsy that she tumbled backwards into the river, and would have probably drowned had it not been for passersby who came to her rescue.

 

[andrewg927]

It should be "a passerby". Also I would divide this sentence into two sentences. First one ends at river. The second starts with "she would have...." There is too much information for one sentence.

 

[Bassim]

andrewg927

It is not the singular but plural "passersby".

 

[Phaedrus]

Also I would divide this sentence into two sentences.

I would, too, and I'd relocate "probably" to the position immediately following the subject of the second sentence.

She probably would have drowned had she not been rescued by passersby.

 

[andrewg927]

andrewg927

It is not the singular but plural "passersby".

Sorry. I didn't see the s tucked in there. ;-)