Questions tagged [sentence]
A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate.
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Can a sentence start with "Because"?
In my grade school days, I recall a teacher proclaiming to the class:
You should never start a sentence with the word "Because".
Of course, I've since seen lots of examples to the contrary, and ...
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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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How should I end sentences with a URL as the last word?
For example,
The website I was referring to is hosted at http://english.stackexchange.com.
How should I place the fullstop at the end?
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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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Shortest comprehensive sentence in English [closed]
What is the shortest comprehensive sentence in English?