Definition
“A sentence containing two or more clauses not connected by the correct conjunction or punctuation.”
"Run-on Sentence." Merriam-Webster, 2022, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-on%20sentence. Accessed 5 Sept. 2022.
Informal
A run-on sentence is a sentence that has two complete sentences combined incorrectly.
Example: “I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time.”
"Grammar: Run-On Sentences and Sentence Fragments." Walden University, 2022, academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/runonsentences#:~:text=A%20run%2Don%20sentence%20occurs,I%20love%20to%20write%20papers. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022.
Etymology
"Run"- “mid-15c. (earlier ren, late 14c.), "a spell of running, the act of running," from run (v.).”
"Run." Online Etymology Dictionary, 2022, www.etymonline.com/search?q=run. Accessed 5 Sept. 2022.
"-on"- “subatomic particle suffix, from ion.”
"-On." Online Etymology Dictionary, 2022, www.etymonline.com/search?q=-on. Accessed 5 Sept. 2022.
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