Most Americans spend the holiday ...

[volcanoman]

I tried to figure out but I couldnt find it. what are the differences, if any, among the following three sentences?

1 Most Americans spend the holiday, drinking and dining with friends.
2 Most Americans spend the holiday drinking and dining with friends.
3 Most Americans spend the holiday by drinking and dining with friends.

source: The USA Customs and Institutions by Ethel Tiersky and Martin Tiersky

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, volcanoman.

Where did you find these sentences? It is a requirement of the forum that you tell us the source of any text you quote.

Did the writer really fail to end them all with a closing punctuation mark?

 

[emsr2d2]

I have tried to figure out the answer but I couldn't find do it. What are the differences, if any, among the following three sentences?

 

[volcanoman]

Welcome to the forum, volcanoman.

Where did you find these sentences? It is a requirement of the forum that you tell us the source of any text you quote.

Did the writer really fail to end them all with a closing punctuation mark?

source: The USA Customs and Institutions by Ethel Tiersky and Martin Tiersky

 

[jutfrank]

You've written three sentences but only one of those three (2) is the original sentence. Both of your made up sentences are incorrect.

 

[volcanoman]

You've written three sentences but only one of those three (2) is the original sentence. Both of your made up sentences are incorrect.

No, all the sentences are from the book and neither of them are grammatically incorrect.

 

[emsr2d2]

No, all the sentences are from the book and neither of them are grammatically incorrect.

@volcanoman Are you aware that "neither" can refer only to two things. You gave us three sentences. Saying "neither of them are grammatically incorrect" would be OK if 1) there were just two sentences and 2) if that statement were true. (It's not true - as jutfrank already said, two of the three in post #1 are incorrect.)

In what context did the authors write those three sentences? Is this an exercise from the book? From what I can see online, it's not a book of English exercises.
On abebooks.com, the synopsis is given as "The U.S.A. [Customs and Institutions] improves students' reading comprehension while also providing a useful overview of American culture and traditions.
With an increased emphasis on the reading-writing connection, this edition has been revised to include updated research and statistics, as well as explanations of current attitudes and customs" and on Amazon it's described as "an advanced reader for ESL and EFL students".

 

[jutfrank]

No, all the sentences are from the book

That's very hard to believe. Can you show us the context for each one?

and neither of them are grammatically incorrect.

What makes you think so?