Friday, January 6, 2012

Combining Sentences Using Commas in a Series

The fox coughed.
The fox gagged.
The fox sneezed.
The Stinky Cheese Man flew off his back and into the river, where he fell apart.
(from Jon Scieszka, The Stinky Cheese Man)

Example of combining the above sentences:
The fox coughed, gagged, and sneezed, and the Stinky Cheese Man flew off his back and into the river, where he fell apart. 


I have  hair the color of carrots in an apricot glaze.
I have skin fair and clear where it isn't freckled.
I have eyes like summer storms.
(from -- Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle -- 2004)

Here is the original: 
I have hair the color of carrots in an apricot glaze, skin fair and clear where it isn't freckled, and eyes like summer storms.