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Run-ons seem to me an unfortunate pitfall for writers, a consequence of the fact that written English does not represent intonational cues.  “Billy at six green apples, he had a belly ache.” would be spoken a continuation rise on apples, indicating that these are, in fact, not two independent clauses, as print makes them look, but rather are a cause-effect sequence where the causal clause is marked only intonationally.  Young writers expect to be able to do that in writing, as they do in speech, but find out that they can’t, for reasons that are rarely made clear.

Herb

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Chorazy
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 10:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Run-on

Vagaries... "two or more independent clauses in the sentence that need a period or semicolon," highlighting "remembering so". I agree that the sentence is formed just fine... just a missing comma before "so" which still doesn't make a run-on.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Dick Veit <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Even if it were a run-on, it's a poem! . . . But all parts seem fully formed and properly connected. What are the specifics of the claim?


On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:11 PM, John Chorazy <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
I've recently seen this sentence in a poem called a run-on and would dispute that claim. Any thoughts on a parsing would be appreciated.

"There was a dream I had and want to keep remembering so / I write the image down, mindful that years from now nothing / will remain of it except this ink, and barely that."

Thank you... enjoy the weekend.


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John Chorazy
English III Honors, AP Lit
Advisor, Panther Press
Pequannock Township High School
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John Chorazy
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Advisor, Panther Press
Pequannock Township High School
973.616.6000


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