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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Starting sentence with conjunction

2 questions, please answer:

I was always thought that you weren't supposed to start a sentence with a conjunction, but I always see articles doing exactly this?!?!?!

Also, when do you not not put a comma before a conjunction in a sentence? Sometimes I see a list with three or more things and it uses "and"before the last thing on the list but no comma before it.
  

Top answer

You can put a so-called serial comma when there are three or more items in a series. However, since today we observe simplification of the English language (and not only English), people tend not to put serial commas. Many writers urge us to use serial comma to avoid ambiguity.

— Snuppelina

  • You can put a so-called serial comma when there are three or more items in a series.
  • However, since today we observe simplification of the English language (and not only English), people tend not to put serial commas.
  • Many writers urge us to use serial comma to avoid ambiguity.
  • Sometimes it is ok to have conjunction in the beginning of a sentence.
  • For instance, one can say "Either mom or dad will pick him up" (correlative conjunctions).
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You can put a so-called serial comma when there are three or more items in a series. However, since today we observe simplification of the English language (and not only English), people tend not to put serial commas. Many writers urge us to use serial comma to avoid ambiguity.

Sometimes it is ok to have conjunction in the beginning of a sentence. For instance, one can say "Either mom or
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