> 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. > > I was taught a different definition.
It's not important. My point was not that the sentence was grammatically incorrect. I thought it would be easier to read if split; that's all. FWIW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-on_sentence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
