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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?
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
- 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
- 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]
- At the beginning of the century or in the beginning of the century?
The beginning of the century is a period of time which is short compared to the century but rather long otherwise; Some people may use this phrase to mean the first decade or even longer I might say "At the beginning of the 20th Century women generally couldn't vote but by the end of World War II many nations had granted them this right"
- conjunctions - Can I use but at the beginning of a sentence . . .
For a while, using but to start a sentence was largely frowned upon But, I think it is possible to use but at the beginning of a sentence, as long as it isn't overused Am I right?
- 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
- capitalization - Capitalisation (or not?!) of von and de at start . . .
In accordance with French practice, de should not have an initial capital (de Candoïle, de Taïleyrand-Péngord), except when Anglicized (De Quincey, de Vinne) or at the beginning of a sentence
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