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Tag Archives: conjunction
Correlative Conjunction-itis
One of the topics I’ve grown to enjoy teaching is parallelism. It’s also an aspect of editing that I like, because it brings a lot of bang for the buck: in terms of clarifying an author’s intent or shoring up … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Things you should know
Tagged conditional, conjunction, correlative, correlative conjunction, editing, either, faulty parallelism, GMAU, grammar and usage, instinct, logical, neither, nor, or, parallel, parallelism, sentence, structure, style
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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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