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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

We congratulated

We congratulated the birth of

our first-born son.

Is this sentence sounds natural? can I write it like that? thanks for any help!

  

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Every English sentence begins with a capital letter. It is not optional, and there are no exceptions. Incidentally, this is why you can't begin a sentence with a numeral, and why camel-case proper nouns that begin with a lowercase letter are inadvisable.

  • Every English sentence begins with a capital letter.
  • It is not optional, and there are no exceptions.
  • Incidentally, this is why you can't begin a sentence with a numeral, and why camel-case proper nouns that begin with a lowercase letter are inadvisable.
  • You have written two sentences that violate that rule, and please try to understand that to a native English speaker they stick out like a sore thumb.
  • They give the impression that you don't care.
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Every English sentence begins with a capital letter. It is not optional, and there are no exceptions. Incidentally, this is why you can't begin a sentence with a numeral, and why camel-case proper nouns that begin with a lowercase letter are inadvisable. You have written two sentences that violate that rule, and please try to understand that to a native English speaker they stick out like a so

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