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And I Wondered: Is It All Right to Start My Sentence That Way?
Posted by Editormum on Thursday, 23 October 2003 in Grammar Myths, Grammar Problems, Reader Questions | ∞
An erudite reader has asked my opinion on the permissibility of beginning a sentence with a conjunction. This is an interesting case, as it’s one of the few times when I will tell you that your high school grammar teacher was wrong: It is not always wrong to start a sentence with and, but, or […]
Subject — Verb Agreement
Posted by Editormum on Thursday, 23 October 2003 in Grammar Problems | ∞
It’s important, even in a casual writing forum like a blog. And as I have seen not one or two, but literally dozens of violations of this basic grammar rule on the blogging site that I frequent, I’m going to give you the lowdown on SVA. Nouns are either singular or plural. (Or collective…I’ll get […]