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Is it ok if I start an opinion composition with the word 'Indeed'?
I was just wondering, is it's OK to begin an opinion composition with the word 'Indeed' in the first sentence? For example:
Indeed I believe people's consumerism is one of the main causes for our ...
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Capitalising a sentence whose first word is explicitly lowercase [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a sentence
Let's say that you have a word that should be typed with leading lowercase letter. Perhaps ...
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What is the correct capitalization of code examples when beginning a sentence? [duplicate]
I am writing a technical book and a lot of it is structured as explanations of code examples.
For instance:
var links = data.map(function (d) {
return {source: nick_id(d.from),
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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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Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
I want to know firstly if it's grammatically correct to start a declarative sentence with "Am". For example:
Am excited about the game today.
Secondly, if it is grammatically incorrect, then I ...
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Can I start a text with “While”?
I know it’s OK to start sentences with While, but is it OK to start a text with it? For example:
While electron-electron correlations and interactions are crucial in the descriptions of atoms and ...
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“Yet” at the beginning of a sentence
Can one use "Yet" at the beginning of a sentence as follows?
Yet, he came late.
Is this grammatical?
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Is it correct to start a sentence with “Ad question one…”?
I'm pretty sure I've read "Ad question one..." in the sense of "Addressing question one..." before, but the only usage on the web I find is by someone with a Hispanic name and m-w.com doesn't seem to ...
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Sentences beginning with “so”?
This also came up on either a BBC or CBC science program, but not as a linguistically-oriented discussion.
Over the last two or three years I've noticed a lot more people starting a sentence with ...
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“Hope” versus “I hope” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is there omission of subject in sentences like “Thought you'd never ask.”
Is it correct to use hope without subject? I have seen may times something ...
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Is it grammatical to omit the subject from “I did my work”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
Is it correct to start a sentence with did.
Did my work.
instead of
I did my work.
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Can I start a sentence with “Whereas”?
The sentence is supposed to be contradicting a previous situation explained thoroughly in the precedent paragraph. The contradiction is on the same subject (in the past/now). Can the sentence be ...
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Acceptability of the phrase “While yet others” in formal English
Is it acceptable to use the phrase "While yet others" at the start of a sentence in formal English? Are there any alternative phrases that I could use?
To put this into context, I wish to write ...
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Can “anyways” be used at the beginning of a sentence?
For example, is it acceptable to say “Anyways, I love Stack Exchange" or should "anyway" always be used?
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Definite article in the beginning of a sentence
I'm confused with the usage of the definite article.
During the development the following tasks were accomplished:
Software with a graphical interface was created;
[some other things]
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Must conditional sentences begin with “if?”
I've been looking at conditional sentences (conditional clauses).
Every example I've see is along the lines of, "if [x] then [y]."
I've seen alternatives/substitutes for the if part:
were I ...
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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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“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 ...
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If you're starting a sentence with “and” or another conjunction, must you follow the conjunction with a comma?
When I was a kid, I was always told that starting a sentence off with "and" was improper. However, now it seems as if the consensus amongst members of the English cartel is that it is totally ...
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Upper or lowercase letter if name at the start of the sentence? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you capitalize a proper noun such as “iPhone”?
Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a sentence
I have a product that is called ...
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Can “hence” be used at the beginning of a sentence?
Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
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When did the word “so” begin to be used to start a sentence?
In the last few years, I've noticed a growing usage of the word "so" to begin a sentence, especially in the context of higher education.
For example:
Interviewer: "What is the nature of your ...
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Does the conversational nature of email allow us to begin sentences with conjunctions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it incorrect to start a sentence with “and”?
In grammar school, my English teachers taught me that I should never begin a sentence with a conjunction.
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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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Can a sentence start with “ due to”
I think a sentence cannot start with due to. But if i need to say due to this thing something is happening how can I say it?
How can I write the following sentence correctly?
Due to the changes ...
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Is it really incorrect to start a sentence with “and”?
I know it's wrong, but I do it all the time or else my sentences would go on forever.
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Word order with “just” and “only” meaning “merely”
Marking a German student's test I have encountered the following problem:
The relationship between the two adolescents is one-sided. Just the boy really feels something, the girl hates him.
Can ...
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Capitalizing a lower case screen name at the beginning of a sentence
When starting a sentence with a lower case pseudonym, such as a screen name of a user account on a website, should it be capitalized? Or are there different cases where it would and would not be ...
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Is the sentence “As though Bill Donohue didn’t have enough to be cranky about” self-complete?
I’m a regular reader of New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd’s column, which provides me with lot of input of contemporary English expressions that I cannot learn from ordinary English text books ...
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“Due to” at the beginning of a sentence
I tried to say this:
Due to it will have less features than the actual standard system, the performance will be better.
Basically, I used a sentence after due to, and one of my English friends ...
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Is it okay to start a sentence with a Greek letter (variable)?
Is it okay to start a sentence with a variable? Do I need to rewrite a sentence just because the subject is typeset as a Greek letter?
For example:
Φ is treated in a special way.
vs.
...
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Usage of “And” in the beginning of a sentence
Since I first learned English, I have been holding this understanding that "and", as a conj. but unlike "but", can only connect two clauses, not two sentences ended with periods.
But recently, I ...
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Can a sentence starting with “While, …” be grammatically correct?
I have a colleague who often writes sentences in the form "While, [these circumstances would make X seem unlikely to be the case], [these other circumstances show that X is in fact the case].
For ...
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Verb+ing as a verb beginning a sentence
Is this good English?
Falling into the ocean, the drop dies as a drop, but not as water.
Or should I say:
When it falls into the ocean, the drop dies...
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How to avoiding starting with “it is”? [closed]
I have a sentence fragment I must make into a sentence:
Late August at the Los Angeles Zoo.
I use this sentence to begin a story. I really do not want to use “it is” though, because “it is” ...
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Is it proper to start a sentence with the word that ended the last sentence?
For example:
Instead, you’ll use a higher-level model called ASP.NET AJAX. ASP.NET AJAX gives you a set of server-side components and controls that you can use when designing your web page.
This ...
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Is it a good idea to begin a sentence with a number or a variable name?
Is it acceptable to have the following sentences in formal writing?
2.5 years have already been completed.
or
n shows the number of something.
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When is it correct to start a sentence with a participial phrase?
Spending an hour in the beauty salon, Melissa got a facial with a steam mist.
Are there cases where starting with a participial phrase is not correct?
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Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a sentence [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How Should Trademarks be Written?
How do you capitalize a proper noun such as “iPhone”?
Many products these days have names that intentionally begin with ...
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How to avoid starting sentence with “And” and “But”? [closed]
A lot of times my sentences start with "And" and "But" and they tend to run long. I read a lot of news articles and blogs and have not seen many sentences starting with conjunctions, but I don't seem ...
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“Already” at the beginning of a sentence
Is it considered good form to use the word already at the beginning of a sentence? For instance:
Already in 1930, certain people were watching television in their homes.
I have seen it used in ...
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Starting a sentence with 'About your question, …'
I have noticed myself often starting a sentence like this:
About your drawing question, I don't think there is an easy way to draw these shapes.
Is it formal to start a sentence that way (formal ...
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Starting sentence with “indeed” to complete previous statement
Is it correct to add a sentence that starts with indeed in order to complete a previous statement? For example,
The political crisis has a negative influence on the economy.
Indeed, foreign ...
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Starting an independent statement with “I mean, …”
A friend was noting that his daughter would occasionally start sentences with the phrase "I mean, " simply for emphasis, not for clarification:
Friend: How was the Miley Cyrus concert?
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How do you capitalize a proper noun such as “iPhone”?
I was always taught to capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence, and also the first letter of proper nouns. In the last few years it's been common for certain firms to name their ...
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Beginning sentences with a needless “So”. How did this scourge become so popular? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When did the word “so” begin to be used to start a sentence?
Garbage/stuff words
So many folks begin some narrative with "So". I see it everywhere ...
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Why am I always compelled to begin a response with “Well, ”?
Because of a certain 140 character limit I've learned where I can trim characters on responses but even after all this time I still reply with "Well, so and so . . ." and I go back and have to delete ...
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Starting a sentence with “apparently” [closed]
Can one start a sentence with the word apparently?
For example:
Apparently he did not pay him back.
I know that one should not start a sentence with because, but
what are some words that one ...
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Starting a sentence with “Starting with”
When you want to summarize a list of items, can you use "Starting with" at the beginning of a sentence in order to explain the first item?
For example, is the following grammatically correct?
I ...
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Is it poor form to start too many sentences with I?
I often find myself writing a lot of comments to blog posts and responses on forums, and have noticed a tendency to start a lot of sentences with 'I'. 'I think...', 'I had no idea', 'I used to...' ...
