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Originally posted by Prole
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I'm a French-Canadian and english is my second language so its not perfect yet. When I see some of the posts here I wonder if either people don't care about their english or they're just uneducated idiots.
Make a effort when you write, its for your own good as well.
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No capital 'E' for English? And you are a little hazy on the apostrophe for someone who's being so critical.
We all have different skills. I bet some of the people on here who make themselves understood without having perfect literacy can do lots of other things that you can't. So please... don't refer to people as idiots. It makes it seem like you're trying to make yourself look better. And you're not.
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It's extremely debatable whether you should be starting a sentence with a cojunction.
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Do you mean a CONjunction?
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hmmm...though i just posted to say this is not an English grammar forum I feel compelled to inform you there is no grammatical rule that says you can't start a sentence with conjunction.
you can start a sentence with a conjunction no problem.
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You're right. You can take all sorts of liberties with language and it's acceptable. I just thought it was funny someone had taken the trouble to show how clever they were, then completely misspell the word. I'm with you on the fact that this is a forum, not a classroom. There is no entrance test for people to be able to air their views.
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prole, my post wasn't directed at yourself, apologies and etc, it was aimed at Delta and their nonsense re sentences and conjunctions. There is no such grammatical rule. And in fact, conjunction fronted sentences are quite common in 'sophisticated' texts; both academic and prose.
Incidently the whole confusion re - sentences cant begin with conjunctions is started in primary schools by teachers who either
a) dont have a full understanding of grammar themselves
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b) because the teacher is trying to get pupils to construct more complex sentences using conjunctions.
now i sound like some kind of strung out grammar freak....:blush2:
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