run-on sentence
noun
a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
Also called
fused sentence.
Compare
comma fault.
Origin of run-on sentence
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby run-on sentence
run-in,
run-of-paper,
run-of-the-mill,
run-of-the-mine,
run-on,
run-on sentence,
run-out,
run-through,
runabout,
runagate,
runanga
Cultural definitions for run-on sentence
run-on sentence
A grammatically faulty sentence in which two or more main or independent clauses are joined without a word to connect them or a punctuation mark to separate them: “The fog was thick he could not find his way home.” The error can be corrected by adding a conjunction with a comma (“The fog was thick, and he could not find his way home”) or by separating the two clauses with a semicolon (“The fog was thick; he could not find his way home”).