Attention all Native Spanish speakers! I have a curious grammatical question.
I realize the harsh-tones of this question; I leave it in for clarification of how one can be unintentionally rude:
Now, I have done a search and found two similar questions about run-on sentences.
Run-on sentence asked by Noetol, Apr 27, 2012
Run on sentences with the use of a comma, Sep 11, 2011
My question covers a bit more deeply because in English grammar, run-on sentences are not acceptable for formal accomplishments. Then there are those who are not as scholarly inclined to study and will gladly explain away the disdain of run-on sentences. In other words, everyone has an opinion about it, but not everyone really understands or will take the time to explain it. I'm not looking for opinions; I'm looking for explanations.
Do you have any?
My retake on my own question:
My question covers a bit more deeply because in English grammar, run-on sentences are not acceptable for formal accomplishments. I implore those who are fluently acquainted with Spanish grammar to help clarify to me why Spanish sentences are so long in comparison to English sentences. Could it be a distinctive language characteristic that I (and others) are not aware of? Also, could someone explain to me a Spanish example of run-on sentences? Thank you.
I'VE DECIDED AFTER READING EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD POINT AND SOMETHING TO OFFER. THIS WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. THANK YOU ALL.
4 Answers
Back to the topic at hand..... according to one publishing company
Spanish content, on average, tends to be 25 to 30 percent longer than its English counterpart. (For instance: a 100-word paragraph in English will likely be 130 words in Spanish.) We call this unavoidable phenomenon "word growth."
Although this is probably only part of the explanation, this may indeed have something to do with the different lengths of sentences between Spanish and English.
I know that sometimes if I'm translating from English to Tongan, one word becomes many, as there is just no exact equivalent 'single word' to express the same thought.
For instance, my Tongan is a bit rusty now but from memory a classic example would be the English word 'gesture', this can be translated as 'ngaahi ngaue ke fakaha ha meá' - lit 'movements that show something'.
But apart from this phenomenon, I think that each language just has its own idiosyncrasies and our 'short' sentences in English may be just as surprising to a Spanish speaker, as some of the whoppers we see in Spanish might be to us. And I imagine that from a literary viewpoint, short sentences may seem rather jerky in comparison with a long flowing sentence that can express so much more in one go. 
Since I asked for a translation of the term "run-on sentence", I have since learned more. It seems to me that it is a concept that is basically foreign to Spanish writing. Expressing thoughts in long complex sentences is taken as a mark of scholarly writing. It is just one of those conceptual differences between the languages.
As Caefuego and Kiwi say, the problem is just as much in the English priority for short sentences. You just have to get used to it.
Es difícil leer esa última pregunta con un tono amable y, de esa manera, es aun más dificil sentir la inclinación de responder.
"Pero no soy una persona que se preste a discusiones estériles, así que dejaré mi participación hasta este punto. Saludos."
No, me parece que no, sino que eres una persona que provoca discusiones estériles. Tus comentários sí han sido fuera del tema, y me alegro de que usted haya decidido dejar de echarle leña al fuego que usted provocó con tus comentários medio groseros que no tenían nada que ver con el tema de este post.
Adiós.
Olvídalo, me parece que Saige sí quería elaborar un conflicto con sus comentários. Me equivoqué al darle el beneficio de la duda. Ahora veo que sus comentários sí son medio groseros a propósito.
