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Definition of Run-on sentence
1. Noun. An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
Definition of Run-on sentence
1. Noun. (grammar) an ungrammatical sentence in which two independent clauses that should be joined by either a semicolon or a conjunction or should be separate sentences are written as a single sentence, the clauses often being separated by a comma. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run-on Sentence
Literary usage of Run-on sentence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs (1921)
"How does a compound differ from a run-on sentence ? ... Decide at once whether
it is merely a part of a sentence, a run- on sentence, or a correct sentence. ..."
2. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"How does a compound differ from a run-on sentence ? ... Decide at once whether
it is merely a part of a sentence, a run- on sentence, or a correct sentence. ..."
3. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"Students may even write an entire paper as one run-on sentence. I wish there were
a trick to fix this problem, such as asking the student to read it aloud ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Don't write a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it. I 0. About sentence fragments.
1 1. In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use ..."
5. Business English and Correspondence by Roy Davis, Clarence Hart Lingham (1921)
"The run-on sentence. A common error in the construction of complex sentences is
to have so many ... This error is sometimes called the " run-on " sentence. ..."
6. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"... with both subject-verb agreement and lack of sentence variety, but I will
ignore those issues until I feel the run-on sentence issue is resolved. ..."
7. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"This, addition, however, created a terrible run-on sentence problem. So the
Massachusetts drafters made the preamble a separate sentence, and then stated ..."
8. Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer's Notebookby Aimee Buckner by Aimee Buckner (2005)
"If you have more than one, you may have a run-on sentence. Have students try this
with a partner by writing three compound sentences of their own (in their ..."
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