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Definition of run-on in English: run-onadjective 1Denoting a line of verse in which a sentence is continued without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. Example sentencesExamples - Hugo's rallying forces promulgated a new dramatic style capable of expressing not only the supple laws of nature through the run-on line, but above all the unruly spirit of Shakespeare through the alliance of tragic and comic genres.
- If they venture rhyme, that most conspicuous auditory technique of verse, they often play it down as well by burying it in run-on lines or substituting slant and half-rhymes.
- It is composed in five sweeping stanzaic movements, each taking the form of a sonnet, but with complex musical patterns of internal rhyme and run-on lines, culminating in a breathless series of cries or questions.
- My printer died and I have a hard time reading a run-on paragraph on screen.
- His rumbling, run-on vocals and ethereal piano continue to collaborate in unexpected ways, and the overall tone of this album is refreshingly wise and optimistic compared to his earlier work.
2North American Grammar
(of a sentence) containing two or more independent clauses that are not separated by a colon, semicolon, or appropriate conjunction. the email is full of childish errors, run-on sentences, and randomly capitalized words Example sentencesExamples - I just wanted to write that silly run-on sentence conflating all of his best-known stuff.
- It's a bit of a run-on sentence fragment, but few taglines are closer to the truth.
- It took a full minute for her to interpret her run-on sentence and slurred words, before answering.
- The document is loaded with jargon, long paragraphs, and run-on sentences.
- I have to put at least one run-on sentence in every review.
- Add to this a couple of clumsy run-on sentences, and it's not really clear what he is trying to say.
- He is nothing if not lovable, a shaggy chatterbox whose run-on sentences resemble the colorful, crowded laundry lines strung between tenement windows in old photographs.
- They flag annoying habits like using run-on sentences or talking in a monotone, and even gauge the mood of calls by noting whether operators sound like they are smiling as they talk.
- Unfortunately, she has not been well served by her editors, and the book is replete with minor typos, awkward phrases, and run-on sentences.
- Her copy editors are also playing passive aggressive with other aspects of her writing, eg: the longest run-on sentences in Canadian journalism history.
- Kate asked, ‘Are run-on sentences not allowed here on this high-tech planet?’
- And if you think that was a run-on sentence, you should have heard me trying to talk 25 years ago, with most of the power from a nine-volt battery still running through my tongue.
- Stories suffer from passive verbs, run-on sentences, mixed metaphors and clichés.
- What bothers me most is abundant failures in sentence logic: awkward transitions, inappropriate conjunctions, run-on sentences, illogical juxtaposition of ideas, sentences compounded in ungrammatical ways.
- But run-on sentences with improper punctuation, extra words, omitted words and misspellings make understanding the material harder than it should be.
- Let's work in my office on how to correct run-on sentences, which combine two or more sentences without proper punctuation.
- Semicolons suddenly came into fashion where there had been only run-on sentences before.
- Missing commas and run-on sentences may not be a bad thing for teenagers engaged in writing-intensive online activity, says a Purdue University English professor.
- Some essays are smooth and easy reading, while others, reflect a Germanic flavor with run-on sentences and numerous subordinate clauses.
- I knew that was a run-on sentence but I never said I was a English major.
Definition of run-on in US English: run-onadjectiveˈrənˌänˈrənˌɑn 1Denoting a line of verse in which a sentence is continued without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. Example sentencesExamples - Hugo's rallying forces promulgated a new dramatic style capable of expressing not only the supple laws of nature through the run-on line, but above all the unruly spirit of Shakespeare through the alliance of tragic and comic genres.
- If they venture rhyme, that most conspicuous auditory technique of verse, they often play it down as well by burying it in run-on lines or substituting slant and half-rhymes.
- His rumbling, run-on vocals and ethereal piano continue to collaborate in unexpected ways, and the overall tone of this album is refreshingly wise and optimistic compared to his earlier work.
- It is composed in five sweeping stanzaic movements, each taking the form of a sonnet, but with complex musical patterns of internal rhyme and run-on lines, culminating in a breathless series of cries or questions.
- My printer died and I have a hard time reading a run-on paragraph on screen.
2North American Grammar
(of a sentence) containing two or more independent clauses that are not separated by a colon, semicolon, or appropriate conjunction. the email is full of childish errors, run-on sentences, and randomly capitalized words Example sentencesExamples - Her copy editors are also playing passive aggressive with other aspects of her writing, eg: the longest run-on sentences in Canadian journalism history.
- He is nothing if not lovable, a shaggy chatterbox whose run-on sentences resemble the colorful, crowded laundry lines strung between tenement windows in old photographs.
- It took a full minute for her to interpret her run-on sentence and slurred words, before answering.
- They flag annoying habits like using run-on sentences or talking in a monotone, and even gauge the mood of calls by noting whether operators sound like they are smiling as they talk.
- I have to put at least one run-on sentence in every review.
- Unfortunately, she has not been well served by her editors, and the book is replete with minor typos, awkward phrases, and run-on sentences.
- Some essays are smooth and easy reading, while others, reflect a Germanic flavor with run-on sentences and numerous subordinate clauses.
- What bothers me most is abundant failures in sentence logic: awkward transitions, inappropriate conjunctions, run-on sentences, illogical juxtaposition of ideas, sentences compounded in ungrammatical ways.
- I just wanted to write that silly run-on sentence conflating all of his best-known stuff.
- Let's work in my office on how to correct run-on sentences, which combine two or more sentences without proper punctuation.
- Add to this a couple of clumsy run-on sentences, and it's not really clear what he is trying to say.
- And if you think that was a run-on sentence, you should have heard me trying to talk 25 years ago, with most of the power from a nine-volt battery still running through my tongue.
- But run-on sentences with improper punctuation, extra words, omitted words and misspellings make understanding the material harder than it should be.
- Missing commas and run-on sentences may not be a bad thing for teenagers engaged in writing-intensive online activity, says a Purdue University English professor.
- Semicolons suddenly came into fashion where there had been only run-on sentences before.
- Stories suffer from passive verbs, run-on sentences, mixed metaphors and clichés.
- It's a bit of a run-on sentence fragment, but few taglines are closer to the truth.
- I knew that was a run-on sentence but I never said I was a English major.
- The document is loaded with jargon, long paragraphs, and run-on sentences.
- Kate asked, ‘Are run-on sentences not allowed here on this high-tech planet?’
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