Grammar Girl: Run on Sentences

Run on sentences can be a nuisance when writing a paper. They can make your thoughts you relay on paper sound different from what you intended; a lot of the times making you sound dumb. However Grammar girl feels that you should not over think what you write, sometimes people get to caught up in it and it “inhibit your creativity.” The best way to combat run on sentences is to first find out what kind of tone you want to have with the reader or listener. Then you use your conventional skills accordingly to set the tone, for example GG uses the sentence, “I am a woman. I am a truck driver.” This has a strong tone, if you did not want to come across that way, one might instead say “I am a woman; nevertheless, I am a truck driver. It basically comes down to what kind of tone you are tying to set, and then using your conventional skills to make it happen; there is no set rule, more of just a feeling that one gets better with over years of writing.