Can I start a sentence with “And”?
file banana 886 Can I start a sentence with “And”? It is not often a good idea, but it is possible in informal writing.
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file banana 886Can I start a sentence with “And”?
It is not often a good idea, but it is possible in informal writing.
file banana 886Can I start a sentence with “And”?
It's fine when, for example, two sentences might be spoken by different people, one adding to what the other said:
A: She's a good teacher.
B: And her students really like her.
Note that when we separate sentences like this, the coordinator "and" goes with the se
There is an ancient rule of grammar that coordinating conjunctions (and, but, so) are not to be used as the first word in a sentence. This rule, like a few others, is broken multiple times every day by excellent writers. This "rule" has been discarded the garbage pail along with a few others. And it is about time!
The answer to your question is "Yes, you can. But be careful about using