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Run-On Sentence
A run-on sentence occurs when two simple sentences are joined without punctuation or a connecting word.
Run-on sentence
The tent went up in the first half hour we took the next hour to light the campfire.
Corrected sentence
The tent went up in the first half hour, but we took the next hour to light the campfire.
Rambling Sentence
A rambling sentence occurs when you connect too many ideas with the word “and.”