- 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
- Is there a word meaning append, but at the beginning, not the end?
Location zero would be at the beginning, location 1 is after the first character, etc Thus, my practical answer to your question in a programming context is that the opposite of "append" is "insert (0)"
- 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
- Alternatives to then, next (at the beginning of the phrase) in . . .
What is the nature of the items being enumerated with these words? What determines the order: is it chronology, a logical argument, a ranking in order of importance? How long is the description of each of them in the paper? All of these affect how you might introduce each point I don't necessarily read "Then" and "Next" as informal
- 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
- conditionals - If at the beginning of a sentence - English Language . . .
In all your examples, the comma is helpful but not mandatory If at the beginning of the sentence doesn’t change that
- 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
- Is it acceptable to start a sentence with “however”?
The prior sentence seems relevant, however, some people are beginning to doubt this Otherwise, why not remove the however so the sentence is concise - some people are beginning to doubt this
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