"run-on sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: run-on sentences [plural]
Etymology: So called because the sentence runs on beyond the point where it should end. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=run-on sentence}} run-on sentence (plural run-on sentences)
  1. (grammar) A written sentence that inappropriately joins two (or more) independent clauses into a single sentence, often with only a comma as separator (comma splice), which should be rendered either as separate sentences or as clauses joined more appropriately (such as by a semicolon or by a comma and coordinating conjunction). Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: fused sentence Hyponyms: comma splice
    Sense id: en-run-on_sentence-en-noun-oRRY2Pnb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.
    Sense id: en-run-on_sentence-en-noun-1ezRvYNL

Inflected forms

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