Japanese - Ask questions thread

Basically if you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.

To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

are run on sentences that common in japan? there's some girl I know who barely uses any grammar whatsoever. Annoying to read.
Example:

「私が、英語力があればもっと多くの人と話せる機会が増えるんだろうけど
今は、日本語がわかる外人さんにお話させてもらえ、意見を言ってもらったり言葉さえ通じれば、ある程度の慣習は、違うけど、人間の考えてる事ってさほど変わりないな」
dear god woman, sentences! :(