>     Split the run-on sentence that starts "With no prefix" at "; also".
>
> That was not a run-on sentence.  A semicolon is the correct way to
> join two independent clauses in one sentence.  A run-on sentence is
> what results from using a comma for this.

1. It was just a suggestion.

2. I should have said "long sentence", not "run-on sentence". It's a
judgment call whether a sentence should be split for readability.

3. A run-on sentence results from joining independent clauses (or sentences)
without using any punctuation for the join.

4. Independent clauses joined using a comma, and without a conjunction, form
a comma splice, not a run-on sentence. A semicolon should be used to join
independent clauses (as you indicated), or the sentence should be split.



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