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- noun Plural form of
run-on .
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Examples
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The racing run-ons of the Kid's inner monologue make "Lost Memory of Skin" read like a continuation of Mr. Banks's scarily exhilarating 1995 coming-of-age classic "Rule of the Bone," about a homeless boy's odyssey among biker gangs and drug traffickers.
Living Among the Outcasts; a Shattered Family Sam Sacks 2011
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Short sentences and paragraphs for that matter tend to lend a kind of urgency, longer ones a sense of calm, reflection -- unless of course they're rampant run-ons, which are actually short sentences cobbledbreathlessly together.
Interview: Jack Ketchum odysseyworkshop 2009
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Fragmented sentences are OK, but I recommend against run-ons.
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Fragmented sentences are OK, but I recommend against run-ons.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2008 » December » 24 2008
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But other rules you mentioned (like using run-ons) are orthographic and should not be broken, as you said, without good reasons.
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Fragmented sentences are OK, but I recommend against run-ons.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2008 » December 2008
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It doesn't surprise me that the multitudes of people who actually enjoyed this critically (and financially) panned film are also those guilty of using constant run-ons, lack of capitalization, etc.
Sound Off: The Happening - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Another classic tip-off: where run-ons gather, there will be ands aplenty also, typically.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » The dreaded Frankenstein manuscript, part IX: and? And? And? 2010
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(Fortunately, unlike in years past, both of Tuesday's run-ons had some clothes on.)
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Another classic tip-off: where run-ons gather, there will be ands aplenty also, typically.
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