Lay on the couch
Which of the following sentences is correct? (According to my opinion, the comma before the word 'eating' should be deleted. Therefore, I think #2 is correct. Am I right?)
1. All afternoon he lay on the couch, eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
2. All afternoon he lay on the couch eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
Top answer
The effect of that comma ( or a pause in speaking) is to make what follows seem unimportant, parenthetical. Here, I have bolded what I see as the important information in your examples 1 . All afternoon he lay on the couch , eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
- The effect of that comma ( or a pause in speaking) is to make what follows seem unimportant, parenthetical.
- Here, I have bolded what I see as the important information in your examples 1 .
- All afternoon he lay on the couch , eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
- 2 .
- All afternoon he lay on the couch eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
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The effect of that comma ( or a pause in speaking) is to make what follows seem unimportant, parenthetical.
Here, I have bolded what I see as the important information in your examples
1. All afternoon he lay on the couch, eating corn chips, sipping coke, and watching YouTube videos on his iPad.
2. All afternoon he lay on the couch eating corn chips, sipping coke, a
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