I recently read "The Sense Of Style", which explained the actual principle behind making an understandable run-on. The trick was to allow the brain to mentally store away the earlier parts of the sentence, and take it out of the parsing context into the logical connections context. Not going to try and remake the point from scratch, if you're curious go read the book!
(as a sidenote, trying to make a point about grammar made me very self-conscious about mine, this is why I had to read a good book!)
Thanks for the reference! I think this very neatly puts into words some impressions that I've had about these long sentences. There is certainly nuance to it, as long sentences can feel exhausting if constructed inappropriately.
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I recently read "The Sense Of Style", which explained the actual principle behind making an understandable run-on. The trick was to allow the brain to mentally store away the earlier parts of the sentence, and take it out of the parsing context into the logical connections context. Not going to try and remake the point from scratch, if you're curious go read the book!
(as a sidenote, trying to make a point about grammar made me very self-conscious about mine, this is why I had to read a good book!)
Thanks for the reference! I think this very neatly puts into words some impressions that I've had about these long sentences. There is certainly nuance to it, as long sentences can feel exhausting if constructed inappropriately.