There's not much to be said about the period except that most people don't reach it soon enough. (William Zinsser)
Yes because he never did a thing like that before as ask to get his breakfast in bed with a couple of eggs since the City Arms hotel when he used to be pretending to be laid up with a sick voice doing his highness to make himself interesting for that old faggot Mrs Riordan that he thought he had a great leg of and she never left us a farthing all for masses for herself and her soul greatest miser ever was actually afraid to lay out 4d for her methylated spirit telling me all her ailments she had too much old chat in her about politics and earthquakes and the end of the world let us have a bit of fun first God help the world if all the women were her sort down on bathingsuits and lownecks and on and on goes Molly
With Molly's final ruminations, James Joyce created probably the longest run-on sentence in literary history. However, the length of a sentence does not determine whether or not it is faulty. Run-ons come in all shapes and sizes.
The girl ran into the boy she wasn't watching.
The sentence suggests that the girl was watching another boy and, probably because she was so fascinated by him, ran into this poor chap. Or maybe she simply was not watching the boy into whom she ran? On the other hand, she might have run into him because she was not watching anything around her?
Nobody knows. Some punctuation or a conjunction can help avoiding confusion as well as a faulty fused sentence:
The girl ran into the boy; she wasn't watching. OR: The girl ran into the boy because she wasn't watching.
That is often the problem when people disagree and they get mad and insult one another personally.
What is the problem when people disagree and get mad? The sentence does not clarify this because it fuses two ideas without proper punctuation.
That is often the problem when people disagree; they get mad and insult one another personally.
Rephrasing is sometimes an even better solution: The problem when people disagree is that they often get mad and insult one another personally.
In recent years, a few large corporations have gained control of the media, and this presents a major problem for the same stories are published in the newspapers, on the radio and on TV and what happens is that the media do not illuminate an issue from different angles because they do less independent reporting, becoming the mouthpiece of corporate interests, but I personally would like to see more independent newspapers so the readers have a better chance to form their own opinions and consequently become better informed citizens.
This is an exemplary run-on sentence with several independent clauses (complete thoughts) forced together with a few conjunctions here and there instead of being properly separated. This causes unnecessary difficulties for the reader to follow the writer’s train of thought. For example, “this presents a major problem for the same stories” makes the reader stop and wonder why the stories may have a problem. Only the following words “are published” clarify the problem involved with media conglomerates. In order to be clearly understood, the writer should separate ideas from one another by a period, eliminate unnecessary words and phrases and rearrange some parts.
In recent years, a few large corporations have gained control of the media. This presents a major problem because the same stories are published in the newspapers, on the radio and on TV. The media are not independent anymore and, instead of illuminating an issue from different angles, have become the mouthpiece of corporate interests. A larger number of independent newspapers would afford the readers with a better chance to form their own opinions and consequently become better-informed citizens.
For more, including some really neat quizzes go to
this site.
With Molly's final ruminations, James Joyce created probably the longest run-on sentence in literary history. However, the length of a sentence does not determine whether or not it is faulty. Run-ons come in all shapes and sizes.
The girl ran into the boy she wasn't watching.
The sentence suggests that the girl was watching another boy and, probably because she was so fascinated by him, ran into this poor chap. Or maybe she simply was not watching the boy into whom she ran? On the other hand, she might have run into him because she was not watching anything around her?
Nobody knows. Some punctuation or a conjunction can help avoiding confusion as well as a faulty fused sentence:
The girl ran into the boy; she wasn't watching. OR: The girl ran into the boy because she wasn't watching.
That is often the problem when people disagree and they get mad and insult one another personally.
What is the problem when people disagree and get mad? The sentence does not clarify this because it fuses two ideas without proper punctuation.
That is often the problem when people disagree; they get mad and insult one another personally.
Rephrasing is sometimes an even better solution: The problem when people disagree is that they often get mad and insult one another personally.
In recent years, a few large corporations have gained control of the media, and this presents a major problem for the same stories are published in the newspapers, on the radio and on TV and what happens is that the media do not illuminate an issue from different angles because they do less independent reporting, becoming the mouthpiece of corporate interests, but I personally would like to see more independent newspapers so the readers have a better chance to form their own opinions and consequently become better informed citizens.
This is an exemplary run-on sentence with several independent clauses (complete thoughts) forced together with a few conjunctions here and there instead of being properly separated. This causes unnecessary difficulties for the reader to follow the writer’s train of thought. For example, “this presents a major problem for the same stories” makes the reader stop and wonder why the stories may have a problem. Only the following words “are published” clarify the problem involved with media conglomerates. In order to be clearly understood, the writer should separate ideas from one another by a period, eliminate unnecessary words and phrases and rearrange some parts.
In recent years, a few large corporations have gained control of the media. This presents a major problem because the same stories are published in the newspapers, on the radio and on TV. The media are not independent anymore and, instead of illuminating an issue from different angles, have become the mouthpiece of corporate interests. A larger number of independent newspapers would afford the readers with a better chance to form their own opinions and consequently become better-informed citizens.
For more, including some really neat quizzes go to
this site.
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