“I went to the store and I bought milk then I went home and made breakfast.”
Grammar Entry 311 / 1011 60-second read
Run-On Sentence
Two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
The comparisoni
“I went to the store and bought milk. Then I went home and made breakfast.”
The ruleii
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RUN-ON = clauses strung together.
People connect thoughts with 'and' without realizing they're creating run-ons.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
If you run out of breath reading it, it's probably a run-on.