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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
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00 William Struck, Jr, the style guru, in his book, 01 i 00 The Element of Style, 02 i 00 stated that we should not use some joining words at the beginning of a sentence. They are: consequently, for example, however, moreover, nevertheless, therefore and thus. Any ideas about the use of these words? 02 br
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00 William Struck, Jr, the style guru, in his book, 01 i 00 The Element of Style, 02 i 00 stated that we should not use some joining words at the beginning of a sentence. They are: consequently, for example, however, moreover, nevertheless, therefore and thus. Any ideas about the use of these words? 02 br
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0 Strunk is a strict taskmaster, and he is becoming dated. 0-
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0 Strunk is a strict taskmaster, and he is becoming dated. He is not always followed. 0-
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0 The main requirement is to be logical, as those words demand logical flow in the argument. 0-
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0 Hi there, 02 br
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00 I would like to hear from you guys about the use of 'however', which is an adverb. 02 br
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00 1. This is one possible solution to the problem. However, there are others. 02 br
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00 I would not put a full-stop (period) to separate the two sentence because the meaning of the first sentence is going on. I would put i
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00 I would like to hear from you guys about the use of 'however', which is an adverb. 02 br
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00 1. This is one possible solution to the problem. However, there are others. 02 br
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00 I would not put a full-stop (period) to separate the two sentence because the meaning of the first sentence is going on. I would put i
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0 2, 3 and 4 are all fine, and I see no significant weighting. Placement of 01 i 00 however 02 i 00 may depend more on surrounding text, on discourse flow, than on internal considerations. 0-
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0 Hi there, 02 br
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00 Thanks a lot. But can you give some examples when we should use 'however' at the beginning of a sentence and when we should put it in the sentence before a subject? 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
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00 Thanks a lot. But can you give some examples when we should use 'however' at the beginning of a sentence and when we should put it in the sentence before a subject? 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
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0 I think it's just up to the writer's personal style. 02 br
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00 However, some people may disagree. 02 br
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00 Some people, however, may disagree. (To me, this one "stops" the reader a little more - this "however" draws more attention to itself.) 0-
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00 However, some people may disagree. 02 br
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00 Some people, however, may disagree. (To me, this one "stops" the reader a little more - this "however" draws more attention to itself.) 0-
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