Re: Run on sentences

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From: Ellen Keyne Seebacher
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:04

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Ian Murray (ian.murray@synapse.org)  writes:
>[Opening sentence of 'Ex Oblivione' by H.P. Lovecraft]
>Is this a run-on sentence or what???

"What," apparently.

Perhaps you'd like to describe what you consider grammatically wrong
with it?  (Hint:  dependent clauses do not a run-on make.)

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Ellen Keyne Seebacher \/             elle@midway.uchicago.edu

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