Questions tagged [sentence-starts]
Words that start a sentence, whether grammatically correct or not.
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Can I front an adverbial phrase like "high among the clouds"?
While writing a fantasy narration I created this sentence:
High among the clouds a castle floated.
My American friend tells me it sounds bad to a native ear. I think he sees a problem with the ...
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"Bet" in the beginning of the sentence [duplicate]
Bet it was a quick death, though. In this sentence, there is no noun before "Bet". Does it refer to "you" or "I"?
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Use of "consistently" at the beginning of a sentence
My question is about the use of the adverb "consistently" at the beginning of a sentence. For instance, in the sentence
Consistently with literature that pertains to acculturation and ...
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Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct?
Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct?
…our brain is still busy processing all the information coming from the phones. Which is why it is impossible to actually rest ...
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Is it correct to place the adjective before 'is/was'?
For example: "Shut were his blinds." vs "His blinds were shut."
Is there any meaningful difference between these two? Is the former even grammatically correct?
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Rearrange the sentence in a specific order [closed]
Sentence: Developers from 10+ countries are using our service.
I want to rearrange this sentence so that it starts with "10+ countries". But keep the meaning of the sentence the same.
I ...
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and really at the start of a sentence [duplicate]
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 conditional sentence begin with "when"? [closed]
I would want to dispel my doubts about the grammaticality of the following sentence:
When Andrew is there, he will probably have to be helped to climb the stairs.
Some context: I know for certain ...
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"neither" as adverb leading sentence [duplicate]
Is it an accepted form to begin a sentence with the word "neither" used as an adverb?
Many grammar sources discuss sentences beginning with "neither", but only in the context of ...
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When to use "whom" and "who" when the direct object is also doing an action
"I just saw that guy throw a ball."
"[T]hat guy," the direct object, is now doing the action of "throw[ing]." So, could one ask, "Whom did you see throw the ball?&...
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Is it proper to start a sentence with an Arabic numeral? [duplicate]
For example: 3 monkeys jump on the bed.
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Role of "that" in the beginning of a sentence?
IN EARLY 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic tearing across the world, most people thought it unlikely that a vaccine would arrive any time soon. And as work to develop vaccines began, there were dire ...
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Sentence correction: use except or except for; high or higher? [closed]
I am comparing the waiting times in the different regions of a given country. Only region A had low average waiting time; other regions (B, C, and D) had high average waiting times.
Except for Region-...
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Sentence beginning with "Between [year] and [year] "
I’ve just been told it is wrong to put a comma after an “introductory time period”, for example:
“Between 1990 and 2003, diligent seekers found hundreds of incorrectly placed commas in all manner of ...
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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 ...
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