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I found this sentence on the Internet.“I got up, stretched by legs, went to back of the flight to bathroom, got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon cake.”I have several questions:1. stretched by legs: Is this a usual expression?2. went to back of the flight to bathroom: Shouldn’t this be “went to the back of the flight to the bathroom”?3. got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon cake: Is this a run-on sentence? Isn’t “and” required before “got”?

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SnappyI found this sentence on the Internet.

You will find all sorts of things there. What you have found this time is not native English.

Snappy1. stretched by legs: Is this a usual expression?

I stretched my legs. To stretch one's legs is not, oddly enough, to literally stretch them. It means to walk around a bit to limber up.

SnappyShouldn’t this be “went to the back of the flight to the bathroom”?

"The" is needed, yes, but there is still a glaring mistake. You go to the back of the plane, not the flight.

Snappygot a cup of coffee and a cinnamon cake: Is this a run-on sentence?

That is not what a run-on sentence is. A writer can omit the conjunction there if he wants, but it is not often a good idea. It was not a good idea this time.

By the way, "cinnamon cake" does not produce an image. There is a thing called a cinnamon bun, and that is probably what he got. Also, the sentence is a mess. For one thing, it sounds like he got his refreshments in the bathroom, and anyway we don't normally call the facilities on a plane the bathroom but the toilets. To go to the bathroom is a euphemism meaning to perform your required excretory funtions regardless of where it happens.

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