Words that start a sentence, whether grammatically correct or not.
Questions tagged [sentence-starts]
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Alternative to beginning a sentence with "this"?
I have to write technical documents such as manuals, reports and journal articles.
Recently, I find myself beginning sentences with "This" a lot of the time. For example,
Deploy one marker buoy at the GPS location of the anchor and another at the…
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Can I use whereas at the start of a sentence
Can I use whereas at the start of a sentence?
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Starting a sentence with of
Can we start a sentence with 'of'. I have been working this poem and I am starting every sentence with of:
"Of rotten eggs and gap-toothed grin.
Of white lies and silly faces."
Is it grammatically correct?
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and really at the start of a sentence
When writing a dialogue , can I say "And really, resilience is all there is, so not to worry to and fro."
Can I start with "And really"
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Can a sentence start with 'as' ? Is it okay?
Is it okay to use 'As' at the beginning of the sentence?
Example: As there are lots of tourist facilities along the Mediterranean Region, as there are getting more every year.
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what is the meaning of these sentences? "You know where the drop is going down."
A police man said this to a man, and I don't understand the bold part.
I know Caruso is a rat and I'm gonna clean up this sewer. You know where the drop is going down. Now give it up. Hey, I'll smack it outta ya.
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Can you start a sentence with the word key?
Can you start a sentence with the word key?
The sentence is:
Key to good analytical research is a safe well-equipped laboratory.
I have a tendency to want to put The before key, but am uncertain whether this is necessary.
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Can I use "As an inspiration, we briefly ..." to start a paragraph talking about the prospect？
I'm writing the last paragraph of a scientific paper. Does the opening sentence of "As an inspiration, we..." sound natural if I want to talk about something about the prospect of my present research?
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How to suggest that I'm sumarizing the previous text?
I am writting a scientific paper. It goes like this:
Statement 1 (citation). Statement 2 (citation). Statement 3
(citation). Overall, the evidence in literature shows that ...
So with the "Overall, ", I want to suggest that I want to summarize…
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Can I start a sentence with about?
Can I start a sentence with 'about'? I am sending a mail to my professor and I was wondering How I should start the mail.
June
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How to write a sentence that explains why the previous sentence is true?
I often have to present a complex result and explain why it is true. Doing so in a single sentence usually makes it too long and difficult to understand. But how do you succinctly do this in two sentences. For example consider the sentence
When…
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In my example, can I use As.... to introduce a sentence?
As proposed by the Amethyst Initiative, to lower the current MLDA is a difficult topic to discuss.
context: the Amethyst Initiative proposed to lower the current minimum legal drinking age (age-21) accompanied with educating young adults to…
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start a sentence with "Have been"
Is it correct to start a sentence with "Have been"?
Have been looking into the issue since last week.
edit: fixed missing word since.
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