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Brose-Don't Start a Sentence with And or But
The following is my interpretation of the style rule regarding beginning sentences with the coordinating conjunctions and or but.
It is not acceptable to start a sentence with and or but.
Sentences starting with the coordinating conjunctions and or but:
- Mary went to the mall to buy a shirt. But she did not find one.
- And she was upset that she did not find a shirt.
- But she will try again tomorrow.
The sentences above can be corrected by simply deleting the and or but and beginning the sentence with the next word. In the first example above, a comma can also replace the period to form one sentence instead of two.
Corrections
- Mary went to the mall to buy a shirt, but she did not find one.
- She was upset that she did not find a shirt.
- She will try again tomorrow.
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| ebrose1182 | Too long | 0 | Feb 18 2009, 11:16 AM EST by ebrose1182 | ||
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I pasted it into word and it is now 149 words! :-)
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| skrause.emich | Oops, it's too long! | 0 | Feb 17 2009, 8:41 PM EST by skrause.emich | ||
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This is more like 200 words instead of 150. I wonder what you could cut out to make this work?
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