Thread: Why do Run-on sentences feel so right?
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Old 07-28-2015, 07:57 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Nabeel View Post
I think the original version sounds more spontaneous: more like stream of consciousness style. It's as if someone was talking to themselves. The other versions sound more like formal English.

I don't think any of them automatically sound more right than the others.

N.
I agree. I suppose thought is a form of internal dialogue and will "break" grammar sometimes.
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