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Re: OT:English Rules
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:47:15 -0600
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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Steve Dirickson
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>> And apparently forgotten is the run-on sentence which needs
>> to be approached
>> carefully as it's use, while well-intentioned and meant for good can
>> sometimes confuse the casual reader by it's interminable
>> distance from the
>> beginning of it's horribly constucted thought straight to
>> it's sorely needed
>> statement-ending punctuation.
>
>I don't understand; what's run-on about this example?
>
>Steve

It isn't. The usual example is:

Don't write run-on sentences they are hard to read.

--
Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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