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Run-on Sentence Example

Run-on Sentence Example

Run-on Sentence Example

(OP)
I was going through my files and found a letter that I've kept because it had a fine example of a hard-to-read, run-on sentence. This is a direct quote from an actual engineering agreement. I just find it funny to read and thought some of you might, too.

Quote:

In response to your July 31 letter addressed to Mr. xxx of ______, we have to reiterate that we alleged to incorporate the phrase in question into this Amendment, because we apprehensively suppose that, if an event occurred and the agreement cannot be made within a week, you might unilaterally suspend the tests unless and until we agree to your assertion that such event occurred due to reason not attributable to ______'s negligence.

For the record, that's 74 words and a Flesch Reading Ease score of 0.0

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RE: Run-on Sentence Example

Alleged means supposed, suspected, so-called, assumed.
re-iterate means repeat, say again, go over, restate, do again, recap, retell,
This sentence is a nonsense. They either did mean to incorporate it or they didn't.  Can't be half-pregnant, although maybe it could be alleged that.

RE: Run-on Sentence Example

Patents are notorious for run-ons, here is an 302 word example.

Quote:


A process for reducing the concentration of first gas in mixture thereof with a second gas to below a limiting maximum concentration thereof in the second gas, which comprises the steps of:

(a) during a predetermined time interval, passing an influent flow of the mixture through a bed of a sorbent having a preferential affinity for the first gas, adsorbing the first gas thereon to form a gaseous effluent having a concentration thereof below the maximum, and forming a concentration gradient of first gas in the bed progressively decreasing from one end to the other end as the adsorption continues and an increasing concentration of first gas in the second gas defining a concentration front progressively advancing in the bed from one end to the other end as sorbent capacity thereof decreases;

(b) sensing whether the first gas front in said sorbent bed has advanced by a predetermined extent at the end of said first predetermined time interval to decide whether purging of said sorbent bed is required after said predetermined time interval;

(c) at the end of said predetermined time interval, closing off the influent flow of gas, and in response to the decision in step (b), conditionally depressurizing the bed of said sorbent and introducing a purge gas to regenerate said sorbent; and thereafter,

(d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) above;

wherein said process further comprises,

recording a history of the decision in step (b) of whether purging of said sorbent bed is required, and

during the repetition of steps (a), (b) and (c) above, decreasing the duration of said predetermined time interval based upon said recorded history indicating that purging of said sorbent bed is frequently required, and increasing said predetermined time interval based upon said recorded history indicating that purging of said sorbent bed is infrequently required.

Flesch Reading Ease score of 0.0

RE: Run-on Sentence Example

off topic, but IMHO the HP45 is better.

Bung
Life is non-linear...

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