Need help with commas

[Sythik]

Hi, sorry if this isnt the right place for this posting. This sentence has quite a bit of commas and I was hoping the get someone to look it over.

To his side, at times, would sit a dog, and not always the same dog, just any passerby willing to offer friendship, a tail wag for a pat on the head.

Maybe there should be a semicolon somewhere? Not sure, thanks for any help.

 

[2006]

Hi, sorry if this isn't the right place for this posting. This sentence has quite a few commas, and I was hoping to get someone to look it over.

To his side, at times, would sit a dog, and not always the same dog. It could be any passerby willing to offer friendship or a tail wag for a pat on the head.

That's how I would write it.

2006

 

[Sythik]

Thanks for the reply. I went with this:

By his side, at times, would sit a dog. Not always the same dog but any passing stray willing to offer friendship and a tailwag for a pat on the head.

 

[2006]

Thanks for the reply. I went with this:

By his side, at times, would sit a dog. Not always the same dog but any passing stray willing to offer friendship and a tailwag for a pat on the head.

"Not always the same dog but any passing stray willing to offer friendship and a tailwag for a pat on the head." is not a sentence.

 

[Sythik]

I was afraid of that. I was giving that example from a different thread here in the ask a teacher section. I turned in my essay before seeing your example. I liked yours better, but I was to late to change it.