Example:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Read-an-Excerpt-from-The-Road-by-Cormac-McCarthy
"He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again."
I like it, it scans well, and as long as it scans to the reader, I say go for it.
Originally posted by ScribbleI've used far longer and more convoluted sentences than that here.
Example:http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Read-an-Excerpt-from-The-Road-by-Cormac-McCarthy
"He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again."
I like it, it scans well, and as long as it scans to the reader, I say go for it.
For that particular sentence, I'd condone a lack of punctuation. To me, it isn't even a true run-on to begin with.
Originally posted by Scribble*as always
I usually keep mine pretty short, for the most part. It all depends on the context, as ever.
Like sometimes if there's a lot of action it can do with longer sentences. Would you care to give me an example of a run-on sentence you'd use?
"Although if there's a natural biological trigger for said alteration, as Epicurus' thread would indicate, such dual-growth would be very controlled and any mutations would be insignificant to the overall sequence - the integrity of the DnA would remain untarnished."
"You never hit the mark; not an inhuman, not a polymath (although close), not a genius, not the shortening of the way, but the very first mind with no pre-frontal cortex 'turned-on' to negate 'free-thinking'; and with the metabolism of Marvel's post-SSS Steve Rogers to boot (imagine the brain-power that such a metabolic-rate would afford). "
Yeah, semi-colons are good for splitting up longer sentences. Well, they basically just fuse two sentences together. In my writing, I often omit semi-colons in favour of full stops or commas or other things that could take their place, so it doesn't convolute my point too much. I also stand by 'as ever'; it works better in speech, from my experience. It could be a regional thing again, though.
Originally posted by Scribble*Perplex.
doesn't convolute
Convolute in and of itself isn't a real word.
Chill out, you're a very talented writer. Okay?
Though you smoke that grass so I'll bet you know how to take it easy. That shit shouldn't just be legalized, it should be enforced.
This stress-epidemic has become the leading cause of death in first world countries such as ours.
I'm wasting time talking to you right now, because your posts relax me for some reason.
Originally posted by ScribblePerplex can mean "To make more complicated", or "To make less decipherable." I excel at that, a point of pride. Digi and I don't see eye-to-eye on that notion.
If it perplexed the sentence, surely that'd mean that would mean that it was confusing the sentence itself? Convolute is defo a word, yo. I like it. But yeah, stress is getting to everyone I know these days. It sucks. And it's not going to be ending any time soon, I don't think.
I was trying to compliment you, and ease your mind for a second.
It backfired on me.
Originally posted by ScribbleYour understanding of the English language is merely evolving.
It's all good, sir. Don't worry yourself over it. And you're right about perplex—I guess it became more used as a synonym for 'confuse' in recent years. The words we know are ever-changing in meaning.
Come on, laugh! It's as beneficial as meditation when your smile becomes an organism.