Rewrite these sentences so that they do not use the word ‘and’.
Rewrite these sentences to eliminate the word ‘and’. There may be several ways of doing this; see how many you can think of.
1 I asked for a night’s lodging and she said I was welcome to the bed in the loft.
2 I fitted my key into the door and just then I noticed a man and he was at my elbow.
3 I walked into the room and there was an old man and he was at the head of the table and he rose.
For example
I scrambled to my feet and looked around.
Scrambling to my feet, I looked around.
When I had scrambled to my feet, I looked around.
These sentences are based on sentences in the novels of John Buchan.
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