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Is it correct to start a sentence with “with” in English?
Is it correct to use with at the beginning of a sentence?
Here's an example sentence:
With the development of the economy, living standards improved.
To my eyes this looks unnatural; I would ...
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Use of a comma after “during” at the beginning of a sentence [closed]
What is the rule regarding the use of a comma when the word "during" appears at the beginning of a sentence?
During church the child whimpered incessantly.
During church, the child ...
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“Upon” at the very beginning of a sentence
Can a sentence begin with upon? Or should it be changed to on?
For example:
Upon a decrease in temperature... [Is this grammatical?]
On a decrease in temperature... [What about this?]
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“For how long have you been…” vs. “how long have you been…”
Ante-scriptum: The question should be quite a frequently arising one, so this might be a duplicate. If it is, I haven't found it previously asked here
I don't know if the title is meaningful, but ...
