Dear A Z:

You wrote:

Are these sentences correct:

1-I was trying to help Jean, completely exhausted, out of the car.

2-I was trying to help her, completely exhausted, out of the car.

3-The doctor was examining Don, severely injured in the accident.

4-The doctor was examining him, severely injured in the accident.

5-The doctor was examining Don, severely injured. 6-The doctor was examining him, severely injured.

All of these appear technically OK, but they are all pretty awkward. Remember, English tends to use clauses where other Indo-European languages prefer verbal phrases.

Far better, and more typical English would be something like this: I was trying to help Jean, who was completely exhausted, out of her car.

Or even two sentences would be superior to #1: I was trying to help Jean out of her car. She was completely exhausted.