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Khalidnadem Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Conjunctions

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00Could someone help me to understand how can one use conjunctions in the beging of a sentence and for what resons it is good to do this. 02br
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0Coordinating conjunctions (01i 00and, or, but02i 00) do not normally work well at the beginning of a sentence, and I discourage students from doing so until their writing skills are quite advanced. 02br 02br 00On the other hand, subordinating conjunctions (01i 00although, while, if, because, since02i 00, etc) often work well. Beginning the sentence with the subordinated ('less important', 'shared knowledge') clause causes the main ('more important', 'new information') clause to appear closer to the end of the sentence, which is the normal position for sentence stress.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Coordinating conjunctions (01i 00and, or, but02i 00) do not normally work well at the beginning of a sentence, and I discourage students from doing so until their writing skills are quite advanced.
  • 02br 02br 00On the other hand, subordinating conjunctions (01i 00although, while, if, because, since02i 00, etc) often work well.
  • Beginning the sentence with the subordinated ('less important', 'shared knowledge') clause causes the main ('more important', 'new information') clause to appear closer to the end of the sentence, which is the normal position for sentence stress.
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0Coordinating conjunctions (01i00and, or, but02i00) do not normally work well at the beginning of a sentence, and I discourage students from doing so until their writing skills are quite advanced. 02br
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00On the other hand, subordinating conjunctions (01i00although, while, if, because, since02i00, etc) often work well. Begin
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