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run-on sentence

run-on sentence
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhn-on, -awn sen-tns]
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhn-on, -awn sen-tns]

Definitions of run-on sentence words

  • noun run-on sentence a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction. 1
  • noun run-on sentence grammatical clauses joined incorrectly 1
  • noun run-on sentence a syntactic structure consisting of two or more complete sentences faultily run together as one 0

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Origin of run-on sentence

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Run-on sentence

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

run-on sentence popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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