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Definition of run-on sentence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

run-on sentence

noun

/ˌrʌn ɒn ˈsentəns/

/ˌrʌn ɑːn ˈsentəns/

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two or more sentences or independent clauses joined without a conjunction or the correct punctuation

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