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- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
In the beginning is usually preferred alone and followed by a comma But at the beginning is used together with a noun such as year, book, century, show etc ;) E g In the beginning, God created (etc ) At the beginning OF TIME, God created
- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
The period will start in 15 minutes vs I can barely remember the beginning of the period Start has the sense of being a fixed point in time, while beginning could possibly refer to any time between the start and the halfway point At the start of the period I was eager to learn, but 15 minutes into the beginning I was bored with the material
- grammaticality - Using And at the beginning of a sentence - English . . .
As a writer, I use "And" at the beginning of sentences in novels I take (what I consider) this poetic license typically to emphasize a thought in a narrative or to more closely mimic informal speech As we audibly converse, we often pause and continue our thoughts with "and "
- Alternatives to then, next (at the beginning of the phrase) in . . .
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- Is there a difference in meaning between from the beginning and . . .
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 Again, if a business, perhaps "he" is the most
- conditionals - If at the beginning of a sentence - English Language . . .
In all of your examples, the comma IS necessary When the condition (the clause the begins with "if") comes before the result, you must use a comma because it is an introductory clause coming before the main clause
- When do we need to put a comma after so at the beginning of a sentence?
Of those 871 instances, 465 were at the beginning of a sentence; 51 immediately followed a semicolon; and 355 immediately followed a comma Link to Full Tabulation (PDF) Although in my experience, So-comma was sometimes seen earlier than 2000 in under-edited business writing, it is mostly a child of the 2000s
- conjunctions - Can I use but at the beginning of a sentence . . .
Correct The standard injunction to avoid using conjunctions (or conjuncts) at the beginning of a sentence was predicated on the assumption that such sentences tended to be fragments In fact, as this matter has subsequently been reviewed over the past 60 years or so, the concern has been found to be wholly unwarranted
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