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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
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Is the sentence structure right?

0Only 5% of our students are placed after completion of their training!02br
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00Because 95% are placed before02br
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0It's okay, but starting the second sentence with a "Because" makes it informal.0-
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0how about 'as' instead of 'because'0-
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0 How about:02br
01i00since02i00 instead of 01i00because02i00 0-
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0"Because" is an accepted, albeit informal, way to start a sentence. Using either "as" or "since" will NOT work as the start of a new sentence. 0-
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0 Thank you, GG. 0-
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0 How about:02br
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00"The other 95% are placed before completion of the training."02br
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00E.G. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10How about:12br
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10"The other 95% are placed before completion of the training."12br
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10Fine, because you now have a 01b00main02b00 clause. There is nothing wrong with beginning a sentence with 01i00because, since02
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0 Thank you for the explanation, CB. 0-
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0This question hit me just now!02br
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00Is “01b01sup00are”02sup02b00 the correct verb ? 00 00To me “5%” is used as a collective noun which is treated 02br
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00as a singular subject. It should have a singular verb agreement, shouldn’t it?02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10In informal style grammatical considerations are often cast aside in all languages, and using 11i10because12i10 without a main clause is very common:12br
11i10"Why didn't you call him?"12i12br
11i10"Because I didn't know his number."12i12b
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