run-on sentence
English
Etymology
So called because the sentence runs on beyond the point where it should end.
Noun
run-on sentence (plural run-on sentences)
- Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.
- (grammar) A fused sentence, considered ungrammatical because it combines two (or more) independent clauses written as 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).
Synonyms
- fused sentence