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>>> Yes, you should never start a sentence with a conjunction. Although it is nice
>>> of Mr Goldacre to wish us a merry Christmas.
>> I was just about I ask what a "conjuction" is - but then I realised I
>> wouldn't understand the answer anyway.
>>
>
> Yes you would! And or but ;)
My sentence started with "anybody"?
>> Oh... he has a column?
>
> Not any more but he did in the 80's and 90's.
Oh, I see.
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:46:28 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>> Yes, you should never start a sentence with a conjunction. Although it is nice
>>>> of Mr Goldacre to wish us a merry Christmas.
>>> I was just about I ask what a "conjuction" is - but then I realised I
>>> wouldn't understand the answer anyway.
>>>
>>
>> Yes you would! And or but ;)
>
>My sentence started with "anybody"?
Ben Goldarce's second last sentence started with "But most crucially"
I deliberately misunderstood you :)
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Stephen wrote:
> Ben Goldarce's second last sentence started with "But most crucially"
> I deliberately misunderstood you :)
There's nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction.
"But for the weather, we would have had fun" works too, and you can't *not*
start that with a conjunction without rearranging the whole sentence.
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Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:01:51 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> Ben Goldarce's second last sentence started with "But most crucially"
>> I deliberately misunderstood you :)
>
>There's nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction.
>
Maybe on your side of the pond but over here it is a rule that a lot of people
ignore. (Myself included)
>"But for the weather, we would have had fun" works too, and you can't *not*
>start that with a conjunction without rearranging the whole sentence.
"Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
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Stephen wrote:
> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:43 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
>
>That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
Funnily enough I am British :-)
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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:43 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
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>> Stephen wrote:
>>> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
>> That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
>
> Funnily enough I am British :-)
I gathered that, based on your "pond" references. I mean, it's funny that
the British have stricter rules about not starting a sentence with a
preposition, and to this American at least, using "save" instead of "but"
there gives the sentence a British flavor. Or flavour.
Not surprising, really, but interesting.
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Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:06 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:43 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
>>> That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
>>
>> Funnily enough I am British :-)
>
I was just being sarky :)
>I gathered that, based on your "pond" references. I mean, it's funny that
>the British have stricter rules about not starting a sentence with a
>preposition, and to this American at least, using "save" instead of "but"
>there gives the sentence a British flavor. Or flavour.
>
Why do you say that "it's funny that the British have stricter rules about not
starting a sentence with a preposition"? I would have thought that we had
stricter rules than Americans. At least in theory ;)
>Not surprising, really, but interesting.
True, interesting.
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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:06 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
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>> Stephen wrote:
>>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:43 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>>> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
>>>> That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
>>> Funnily enough I am British :-)
>
> I was just being sarky :)
>
>> I gathered that, based on your "pond" references. I mean, it's funny that
>> the British have stricter rules about not starting a sentence with a
>> preposition, and to this American at least, using "save" instead of "but"
>> there gives the sentence a British flavor. Or flavour.
>>
>
> Why do you say that "it's funny that the British have stricter rules about not
> starting a sentence with a preposition"?
I put an extra comma in there. It's funny that (you have stricter rules and
it makes you sound more British when you follow them).
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:39 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>I put an extra comma in there. It's funny that (you have stricter rules and
>it makes you sound more British when you follow them).
OK, I'm slow tonight (tonight?) :)
That, I can understand and agree with.
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