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WOTY (Word of the Year) 2013 — 2 of 2
A couple weeks back I posted just about all you never wanted to know about 2013’s Word of the Year (WOTY) according to various sources. This is the follow-up post, reviewing one major source that was left out (Global Language … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Grammar, Language, Things you should know, Words
Tagged 404, american dialect society, because, drones, fatberg, fattburger, global language monitor, hashtag, obamacare, politics, selfie, slang, Stan Carey, twerk, word of the year, woty
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And, But, Because: And can start a sentence. But don’t overdo it. Because it isn’t always pretty.
Can you use and, but, or because at the start of a sentence? Of course you can. Should you? That’s a separate matter, which I’m not even going to touch. Writers in English (not to mention speakers of it) have … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Superstition, Words
Tagged and, and but because, because, bryan garner, but, conjunction, coordinating conjunction, diana hacker, fragment, grammar, grammar and usage, grammar girl, hacker and sommers, hypercorrection, irony, style, transitions, usage, volokh
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