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Can you start a sentence with because or and?
Yes, you can absolutely start a sentence with “because.” And…you caught that, didn’t you? Right there we started a sentence with “because,” and it’s completely correct.
Why do people say you can’t start a sentence with because?
The historical rule: You cannot start a sentence with “because” Let’s first try and understand where our school teachers were coming from. Because is a subordinate conjunction word, which means it is used to join a main clause to a subordinate (or dependent) clause.
Do we need comma after Because?
Because is a subordinating conjunction, which means that it connects a subordinate clause to an independent clause; good style dictates that there should be no comma between these two clauses. There should generally be no comma between the two. Michael went to the forest, because he loves walking among the trees.
How do you say because without saying because?
Synonyms
- because. conjunction. used for showing the reason something happens or the reason why it is described in a particular way.
- due to. preposition. because of something.
- whereas. conjunction.
- owing to. preposition.
- given. preposition.
- in view of something. phrase.
- on account of. phrase.
- for. preposition.
What can you replace because with?
because
- ’cause,
- as,
- as long as,
- being (as or as how or that)
- [chiefly dialect],
- considering,
- for,
- inasmuch as,
Can you start sentence with but?
There’s no rule against beginning a sentence with but. Sure, it’s a wise admonition from middle-school English teachers that novice writers avoid beginning a series of sentences with but. In July we went to Six Flags. But it rained that day.
Can I put a comma before because?
Most of the time, you should not use a comma before because when it connects two clauses in a sentence. Because is a subordinating conjunction, which means that it connects a subordinate clause to an independent clause; good style dictates that there should be no comma between these two clauses.
Is the reason is because wrong?
They are wrong. Both “the reason is that…” and “the reason is because…” are grammatically correct, although “the reason is that” seems to be preferred in more formal writing.
Is it ever OK to start a sentence with ‘and’?
Both Garner’s Modern English Usage, and Fowler’s Modern English Usage call this belief a superstition. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage (MWDEU) says, “Everybody agrees that it’s all right to begin a sentence with ‘and,’” and notes that you can find examples of it all the way back to Old English.
Why do people avoid starting a sentence with “because”?
Maybe it’s because it was drummed into their heads as kids by well-meaning adults who thought “don’t start a sentence with ‘because’” was a rule (like so many other “grammar rules,” it isn’t), or maybe it’s because they’ve seen it used incorrectly (it often is). But for whatever reason, people often avoid starting a sentence with “because.”
How do you not start a sentence with However?
Do not begin a sentence with however or a similar unimportant word. —Jacob Cloyd Tressler, English in Action, 1929. Do not begin a sentence with “also” or “likewise.”. —George Hitchcock, Sermon Composition, 1908. Or never begins a sentence, paragraph, or chapter.
Why do we start sentences with but and and?
In The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal writes: During the 19 th century, some schoolteachers took against the practice of beginning a sentence with a word like “but” or ” and ,” presumably because they noticed the way young children overused them in their writing.