
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.
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 …
abbreviations - Can I start a sentence with "i.e."? - English Language ...
@snumpy: Agreed. I don't suppose it makes sense to say you can't start a sentence with “i.e.” as if that were some basic rule of grammar. But unless I'm much mistaken you can't do it without unecessarily …
If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?
One generally does not place an ellipsis at the beginning of a quotation to indicate the omission of material, because it is usually evident (as in your example) that the quotation is only part of the original.
conjunctions - Are "should" and "if" interchangeable at the beginning ...
Are "should" and "if" interchangeable at the beginning of a sentence? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 7 months ago Modified 11 years, 8 months ago
"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 …
grammaticality - Is it acceptable to use "especially" at the beginning ...
I think @Tcovo is grammatically correct, but this construction is especially unclear, in part because it is uncommon to see 'especially' at the beginning of a sentence when active as an intensifier on an …
orthography - Why are names that begin with "Mc" first in order over ...
Why is it that in lists of people’s names, surnames beginning with Mc are listed before surnames beginning with Ma? For example, if a book had a bibliography listing its references, we would see t...
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] .
When a sentence starts with "e.g.", should the e be capitalized?
24 Yes. For example is capitalized at the beginning of a sentence, so is its Latin equivalent exempli gratia, and so is its abbreviated form e.g.