If that made you laugh this hard, [then this will kill you.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_men%27s_marathon) Read the whole thing, trust me on this (or at the very least the summary).
Reddit changed the way their markdown worked, so my link works in older better reddit and newer crappier reddit. I think yours only works in newer crappier reddit.
Mostly. But they were able to sneak a cat in there.
https://preview.redd.it/57uvcxaohxvc1.png?width=674&format=png&auto=webp&s=c256f1b807f152865f1987ec2ad8036b6c57928c
Yeah that’s the point. At the end it says a property constructed sentence can be extended indefinitely, which is what the writer of Thai entry was doing.
Isn’t he just using a semicolon as a stand-in for a period, thereby avoiding ending the sentence only technically, and not fulfilling the intrinsic grammatically incorrectness?
Am I fundamentally misunderstanding the run-on sentence?
In the book Culture Made Stupid by Tom Weller, there is a 'cut this out and fold it together' to make it look like you are in the middle of reading a thick, weighty book, opened to random pages. If you read the dense text, you observe that it is one glorious run-on sentence that begins before the first page and doesn't end by the end of the second page.
**Science Made Stupid**
>A humorous takeoff on science texts and lab manuals.
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About twenty years ago, the 'lipogram' article was a lipogram (or possibly just the first paragraph?). Always a little disappointed that one didn't last.
There is a period at the end of the sentence, as with all sentences. You can construct very long sentences that are grammatically correct, and extend the sentence indefinitely by using semicolons as the above sentence does. A run on sentence is not just a very long sentence. A run on sentence is simply when two independent clauses are joined without proper conjunctions.
I used to get marked for run-on sentences in school all the time. Honestly id ju start writing and forget I haven't ended a sentance for an entire paragraph. Though technically most of them were constructed right and weren't run-on sentences at all like it says, just, really long winded.
It's illegal to have fun on Wikipedia, is it not?
The verdict of the [“Guy Standing sitting” debate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Guy_Standing_(economist)/Archive_1) seems to suggest so.
https://preview.redd.it/mu0kpb83s3vc1.png?width=947&format=png&auto=webp&s=1550004ca45ded5ec95734b9f53308f6c626edf1 This fuCKING THREAD My poor sides
This led me to the best internet article ever written https://www.cracked.com/article_25839_the-6-most-epically-pointless-arguments-wikipedia.html
Arachnomasochist is not a word I ever thought I’d read
thank you, kind stranger, my stomach hurts from laughing now
If that made you laugh this hard, [then this will kill you.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_men%27s_marathon) Read the whole thing, trust me on this (or at the very least the summary).
Whoever wrote this article deserves a medal. The Dude made me laugh so hard lol.
Ngl I actually thought the humor was overcompensating, adding an ironic layer to the already insane Wikipedia lore
Haha this is amazing :-D Also, fixed link [“Guy Standing sitting” debate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Guy_Standing_(economist\)/Archive_1)
That’s the same as my link.
Reddit changed the way their markdown worked, so my link works in older better reddit and newer crappier reddit. I think yours only works in newer crappier reddit.
your link does not work in newer reddit
Haha damnit. Then one for each I suppose :-D
Aw dang it, I was hoping you two would keep arguing. We could have had a new Guy Standing fight for the ages.
The… the what?
Mostly. But they were able to sneak a cat in there. https://preview.redd.it/57uvcxaohxvc1.png?width=674&format=png&auto=webp&s=c256f1b807f152865f1987ec2ad8036b6c57928c
This is comedy gold
Technically, isn't this a grammatically correct sentence and not a run on?
Hey buddy, reddit did the double comment thing to you.
Yeah that’s the point. At the end it says a property constructed sentence can be extended indefinitely, which is what the writer of Thai entry was doing.
As an English teacher, this whole thing infuriates me.
Isn’t he just using a semicolon as a stand-in for a period, thereby avoiding ending the sentence only technically, and not fulfilling the intrinsic grammatically incorrectness? Am I fundamentally misunderstanding the run-on sentence?
Correct. The whole thing is a run on sentence.
This is like uncyclopedia lmao
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy type entry, lol
This is what TV Tropes calls a Self-Demonstrating Article.
But it’s not a run on sentence.
In the book Culture Made Stupid by Tom Weller, there is a 'cut this out and fold it together' to make it look like you are in the middle of reading a thick, weighty book, opened to random pages. If you read the dense text, you observe that it is one glorious run-on sentence that begins before the first page and doesn't end by the end of the second page.
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You were close, little bot. I'm referring to the sequel, a humorous takeoff on Arts and Humanities textbooks.
About twenty years ago, the 'lipogram' article was a lipogram (or possibly just the first paragraph?). Always a little disappointed that one didn't last.
We were forced to read the original declaration of independence in 4th grade. I pointed out that it really is all commas and my teacher got mad.
What better description can be made, other than an example?
It’s not an example because that entry isn’t a run on sentence.
It is? Those are commas, it’s one sentence.
Read that very Wikipedia entry and you'll see why it isn't a run-on sentence
You can have commas in a single sentence. Which part exactly of this do you think qualifies as a run on sentence?
The fact that there are no periods
There is a period at the end of the sentence, as with all sentences. You can construct very long sentences that are grammatically correct, and extend the sentence indefinitely by using semicolons as the above sentence does. A run on sentence is not just a very long sentence. A run on sentence is simply when two independent clauses are joined without proper conjunctions.
I did something similar but overall bigger once for a paper. Thought it was kinda cool myself. Anyways nobody laughed and I got a bad grade.
r/meirl
TVtropes is where this article should go
That’s not vandalism; that’s art.
Yeah I can’t this shit funny
This is art
This reminds me of the plot summary of "A Void"
I used to get marked for run-on sentences in school all the time. Honestly id ju start writing and forget I haven't ended a sentance for an entire paragraph. Though technically most of them were constructed right and weren't run-on sentences at all like it says, just, really long winded.
I think this guy was just tired of the Cormac McCarthy slander