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== Run on sentences == | == Run-on sentences == | ||
Run on sentences, also known as "fused sentences", contain two independent clauses, either of which can stand by itself. When these two independent clauses are connected by a comma, it is known as a comma splice. Another point about run on sentences is that it really doesn't matter about the length of the sentence. A run on can be a very short sentence, such as "Nothing is on t.v.,I should turn it off,". | Run-on sentences, also known as "fused sentences", contain two independent clauses, either of which can stand by itself. When these two independent clauses are connected by a comma, it is known as a comma splice. Another point about run-on sentences is that it really doesn't matter about the length of the sentence. A run-on can be a very short sentence, such as "Nothing is on t.v.,I should turn it off,". Just because a sentence is very long, though, it does not necessarily mean that it is a run-on. On one of the works I have cited below will have a like to a 239 word sentence. | ||
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Run-on sentences
Run-on sentences, also known as "fused sentences", contain two independent clauses, either of which can stand by itself. When these two independent clauses are connected by a comma, it is known as a comma splice. Another point about run-on sentences is that it really doesn't matter about the length of the sentence. A run-on can be a very short sentence, such as "Nothing is on t.v.,I should turn it off,". Just because a sentence is very long, though, it does not necessarily mean that it is a run-on. On one of the works I have cited below will have a like to a 239 word sentence.