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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Starting a sentence with "not"
Is is bad grammar to start a sentence with "not" as used in the following examples?
"When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around. Not that we got any dates. They probably liked the car more than anything else."
"I need to go buy some wine. Not that I drink alcohol, of course. I just need it for a sauce."
"When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around. Not that we got any dates. They probably liked the car more than anything else."
"I need to go buy some wine. Not that I drink alcohol, of course. I just need it for a sauce."
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Since they’re subordinate clauses (hence the subordinator that ), it would be better to include them as part of the previous sentences, set off by a comma: When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around, not that we got any dates. I need to go buy some wine, not that I drink alcohol, of course.
- Since they’re subordinate clauses (hence the subordinator that ), it would be better to include them as part of the previous sentences, set off by a comma: When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around, not that we got any dates.
- I need to go buy some wine, not that I drink alcohol, of course.
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Since they’re subordinate clauses (hence the subordinator that), it would be better to include them as part of the previous sentences, set off by a comma:
When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around, not that we got any dates.
I need to go buy some wine, not that I drink alcohol, of course.
When we were in the Mustang, women would follow us around, not that we got any dates.
I need to go buy some wine, not that I drink alcohol, of course.
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