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Ryansamturner Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Run-On Sentences.

In the below examples, are they fine as they are, or should the be altered. I'm struggling to understand when it is an actual run-on sentence and when I then either need to use conjunction or semicolons or such.

'You couldn't have done anything more than you have, you 've been amazing.'

'With that, I knew that the bad news had been confirmed, that it really was true, it really was over.'
  

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The second one is passable as dialogue, but I think the first one needs repunctuation: 'You couldn't have done anything more than you have. You've been amazing. '

— Mister Micawber

  • The second one is passable as dialogue, but I think the first one needs repunctuation: 'You couldn't have done anything more than you have.
  • You've been amazing.
  • '
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The second one is passable as dialogue, but I think the first one needs repunctuation:

'You couldn't have done anything more than you have. You've been amazing.'
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Thank you. Could you possibly comment on the below sentences and hopefully I'll have grasped the concept by then.

'Her suggestions were biased, completely one-sided, but I guess she knew best, she was the only one in the room with and experience of this situation'

'I didn't know much about it; actually, I was completely uneducated on the subject, but despite my lack of knowledge,
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Dialogue and other transcriptions of spoken English can be and are punctuated more freely or imaginatively than formal writing rules normally permit. Nevertheless, you must stay within reasonable bounds. A long sentence composed of multiple comma splice errors is beyond the acceptable. You must consider that you are trying to show thought process in transcribing the spoken language—not in a Joy
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Mister MicawberDialogue and other transcriptions of spoken English can be and are punctuated more freely or imaginatively than formal writing rules normally permit. Nevertheless, you must stay within reasonable bounds. A long sentence composed of multiple comma splice errors is beyond the acceptable. You must consider that you are trying to show thought process in transcr
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As you know, I am rather fond of m-dashes in all but very formal writing. I find them very effective—if they are not overused, of course.

With that, I knew that the bad news had been confirmed, that it really was true—it really was over.
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