Run-on Sentences

[Prezbucky]

I recently read a post on this site which included something like the following:

I have a cat, I like cats.

That is a run-on sentence.

How should it be written?

- I have a cat. I like cats.

or

- I have a cat -- I like cats.

or

- I have a cat; I like cats. (though I don't favor this form)

The point is that a stop of some sort, or a conjunction, is required. A comma does not adequately separate "I have a cat" from "I like cats".

This is just an FYI. Please carry on.

(...not "This is just an FYI, please carry on." That would be a run-on sentence.)
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[Gray]

Yes, this does sound awkward:

I have a cat. I like cats. OR I have a cat, I like cats.

As you said, how about this --

I have a cat and I like cats. (sounds cohesive, doesn't it?)
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[Shyone]

I have a cat because I like cats. :P
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[Prezbucky]

"I have a cat and I like cats" would work, yeah. When I was giving examples I was not thinking "conjunction" even though I mentioned it in the post. LOL

- I have a cat but I like cats.

hehe

I like cats; therefore, I have a cat.
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[Jamie (K)]

Many native English speakers are under the misimpression that any very long sentence is a run-on sentence, but that isn't true.

Tom has demonstrated that run-on sentences can be short, and I'd point out that many very long sentences are not run-ons.