User blog comment:JohnathanNash/Editing and some things to look for./@comment-26030957-20170201233838/@comment-5101683-20170205194111

I'm sorry for saying they can't be compound. I was in error. Example:

His hair was torn out while ideas were created. An idiotic post was posted, and a scathing reply was sent. Mistakes were made, people were killed, and pleas went unheard.

The error stemmed from a generalization I made because I was stupid and did not see the obvious reason why I could not combine the actions to both refer to Matthew. I could have said, however:

Matthew came up with ideas while his hair was being torn out. Matthew tore his hair out while ideas were created.

Thank you very much for pointing that out.