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Grammar
Run-on sentences
It is my understanding that the second sentence in the example below is a run-on. Is there any circumstance under which such a construction is correct?
Example: Cats and dogs make good pets. Cats are clean and dogs are loyal.
Example: Cats and dogs make good pets. Cats are clean and dogs are loyal.
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Cats are clean and dogs are loyal is not a run-on sentence. " This would be an example of a run-on sentence: Cats are clean, dogs are loyal.
- Cats are clean and dogs are loyal is not a run-on sentence.
- " This would be an example of a run-on sentence: Cats are clean, dogs are loyal.
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Cats are clean and dogs are loyal is not a run-on sentence. It is a compound sentence: two sentences joined by "and."
This would be an example of a run-on sentence:
Cats are clean, dogs are loyal.
This would be an example of a run-on sentence:
Cats are clean, dogs are loyal.
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