Definition of run-on sentence Run-on sentence

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What does run-on sentence mean?

Noun
run-on sentence - an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction

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run-on sentence (Noun)
An ungrammatical sentence in which two independent clause s that should be joined by either a semicolon or a conjunction or should be separate sentences are written as a single sentence, the clauses often being separated by a comma.

run-on sentence
A sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.