单词 | run-on |
释义 | run-onadj.n. A. adj. 1. That continues into the next line, sentence, etc., without pause or punctuation. Also of a person's intonation: that remains unaltered as the speaker continues into a new phrase or sentence. Cf. enjambed adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > having clause- and line-end coinciding > not run-on1874 unstopped1874 enjambed1896 run-over1931 1874 Trans. New Shakspere Soc. 1 335 These remarks apply to the proportion-tables of run-on lines that I have printed for The Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VIII, and The Shrew. 1882 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 158 The question of what they call run-on lines and the rhymes or other final words belonging is difficult. 1940 ELH 7 247 Weston cast even his epilogues..in this run-on couplet mould in an effort to emulate Dryden's easy negligence. 1965 R. E. Longacre in Language 41 74 Such imbedding of sentence within a phrase has special phonological characteristics (level, run-on intonation, and lack of pause before termination of the imbedding phrase). 1989 L. Zolf Scorpions for Sale viii. 37 In spurts of run-on-sentences and staccato, haphazard phrases, Shatsky told Kugelman the bad news. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Mar. 28/1 His insistence that there should always be a ‘delicate pause’ at the end of a pentameter line, even the run-on ones. 2. a. Printing. That continues on the same line or page as the preceding matter. Cf. to run on 5 at run v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1890 C. T. Jacobi Printing iii. 61 An em quadrat is placed after a full point in a run-on sentence. 1935 London Mercury Oct. 584 The run-on paragraph in 12-pt. shows what a beautifully clear and readable letter it is. 1960 G. A. Glaister Encycl. Bk. 361 Run on chapters, chapters which do not begin on a fresh page but which are set on the same page as the conclusion of the preceding chapter. A style found in cheap bookwork. 1984 L. W. Wallis Electronic Typesetting ii. 98 The visual elements range over..displayed advertisements, run-on classifieds and semi-displayed announcements. 2005 I. Tichenor No Art without Craft iv. 47 The old fashion of listing the topics to be covered in a run-on paragraph. b. In lexicography: designating a subordinate dictionary entry printed as part of a main entry, usually at the end of that entry. ΚΠ 1941 PMLA 56 290 Some [appear] as main entries (e.g. kaiserdom), others as ‘run-on’ entries (e.g. junkerdom). 1962 C. L. Barnhart in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 163 One [sc. an editor] interested in usage may omit spellings of irregular inflected forms and undefined run-on entries such as absolutely or badness. 1992 D. Gabrovs̆ek in C. Blank Lang. & Civilization I. 52 Swedish has no gloss at all, but is listed only as a run-on derivative s.v. Swede. 2000 H. Jackson & E. Zé Amvela Words, Meaning, & Vocab. (2004) 200 The full IPA transcription..is given for the verb headword and for the adjective... The run-on adverb and noun have their stress pattern indicated in the spelling. B. n. A thing that runs on; spec. a sentence, piece of text, etc., that carries on from one line to the next without any break. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > sentence > specific types of clause?c1225 compound sentence1772 complex sentence1881 run-on1892 kernel1957 simplex1960 matrix sentence1964 1892 Englische Studien 16 182 This writer abounds in strange constructions, peculiar accentuations,..improper run-ons and inharmonious rhymes. 1911 Mod. Philol. 8 454 The division of this play between its four authors is a pretty hopeless task... We have one whose verse is prose cut into lengths, with a fair percentage of bad run-ons. 1962 C. L. Barnhart in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 163 Resolutely..is spelled out as a run-on after resolute in two [dictionaries.] 1980 Res. in Teaching of Eng. 14 127 The purpose of the present studies was..to look for patterns in the surface structure of fragments and run-ons that miscued boundaries of complete written sentences. 2000 L. Rozakis Compl. Idiot's Guide to writing Well 80 A comma splice is a run-on with a comma where the two independent clauses run together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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