RE: C-u C-SPC: doc string and behavior if mark = point

[Drew Adams]

>     3. A run-on sentence results from joining independent clauses
>        (or sentences) without using any punctuation for the join.
>
>     4. Independent clauses joined using a comma, and without a
>        conjunction, form a comma splice, not a run-on sentence.
>        A semicolon should be used to join
>        independent clauses (as you indicated), or the sentence
>        should be split.
>
> I was taught a different definition.

It's not important. My point was not that the sentence was grammatically
incorrect. I thought it would be easier to read if split; that's all.

FWIW:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-on_sentence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice