run-on sentence

Etymology
So called because the sentence runs on beyond the point where it should end.

Noun

 * 1)  A written sentence that inappropriately joins two (or more) independent clauses into a single sentence, often with only a comma as separator, which should be rendered either as separate sentences or as clauses joined more appropriately (such as by a semicolon or by a comma and coordinating conjunction).
 * 2) Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.
 * 1) Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.
 * 1) Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.