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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Starting a sentence with the word "and"

Can you start a sentence with "and"?
A lot of people keep telling me it's not ok to do so.
  

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Anonymous Can you start a sentence with "and"? It is certainly done, and by some of our greatest writers. Anonymous A lot of people keep telling me it's not ok to do so.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Can you start a sentence with "and"?
  • It is certainly done, and by some of our greatest writers.
  • Anonymous A lot of people keep telling me it's not ok to do so.
  • It is not OK unless you are a good writer.
  • The conjunction connects two parts of a single idea, and it therefore normally belongs within a single sentence.
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AnonymousCan you start a sentence with "and"?
It is certainly done, and by some of our greatest writers.
AnonymousA lot of people keep telling me it's not ok to do so.
It is not OK unless you are a good writer. The conjunction connects two parts of a single idea, and it therefore normally belongs within a single sentence.
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