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RE: C-u C-SPC: doc string and behavior if mark = point
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: C-u C-SPC: doc string and behavior if mark = point |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:11:59 -0700 |
> Split the run-on sentence that starts "With no prefix" at "; also".
>
> That was not a run-on sentence. A semicolon is the correct way to
> join two independent clauses in one sentence. A run-on sentence is
> what results from using a comma for this.
1. It was just a suggestion.
2. I should have said "long sentence", not "run-on sentence". It's a
judgment call whether a sentence should be split for readability.
3. A run-on sentence results from joining independent clauses (or sentences)
without using any punctuation for the join.
4. Independent clauses joined using a comma, and without a conjunction, form
a comma splice, not a run-on sentence. A semicolon should be used to join
independent clauses (as you indicated), or the sentence should be split.