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- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results
- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
If you say "Shall we begin?" is more relaxed, and implies that something has been organised, and the beginning has a schedule following it You could maybe think of it that a 'start' is a transition from one state to another, and a 'beginning' is the origin of a continued path, journey, or process
- What is the difference between begin and start?
But to "start" marks the actual exact time of launching an activity (to understand more clearly, consider these two examples: This is just the beginning [meaning, all the initial period]
- List of expertise levels from beginner to expert [closed]
I would like to create a list of terms, from beginner to expert, using as many terms as possible which represent different levels of expertise I have constructed by myself: Newbie Novice Rookie
- suffixes - beginning is to prefix as end is to suffix as . . .
The word "prefix" describes something affixed to the beginning of a word and the word "suffix" describes something affixed to the end of a word What is the analog of these for
- Is there a difference in meaning between from the beginning and . . .
11 I think from the beginning puts a little more emphasis and focus on the significance of the beginning If you were talking about a business, perhaps "he" was there in the planning process and integral to starting the business Since the beginning places more emphasis on the intervening time period
- When do we need to put a comma after so at the beginning of a sentence?
The comma looks too accidental and unpolished So again, the best simple rule-of-thumb is to avoid comma-after-so (indeed comma after any FANBOYS) at the beginning of a sentence, immediately following a semicolon, or immediately following a comma That will nearly always align you with great writers and editors
- Interpreting Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and . . .
Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop The "go on in till you come to the end" seems to suggest hard work and determination till you reach your goal But I feel I'm missing a few nuances here—in particular, the significance of "gravely" and "stop" How would you interpret this quote?
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