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Lawrence Carrel	Post subject: Starting Sentences with Conjunctions Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 9:40 am
Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 2 Location: New York, NY	What is the current view on starting sentences with AND or BUT? What about paragraphs? Should HOWEVER be used to start a sentence instead of BUT?<p>[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Lawrence Carrel ]</p>
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tim	Post subject: Re: Starting Sentences with Conjunctions Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 11:30 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 151 Location: Gautier, Miss.	Thanks, Lawrence, I believe I will now have this song (http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/S ... ction.html) running through my head all day.<p>To answer your question, I refer to a fellow testy copy editor, Bill Walsh, who says it is OK to begin a sentence with and, or, but and however in his book, Lapsing Into a Comma. Bill goes against some conventional wisdoms on this and makes convincing arguments why.<p>Of course, he also likes host as a verb, which I am beginning to see that I will just have to live with.<p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lawrence Carrel: What is the current view on starting sentences with AND or BUT? What about paragraphs? Should HOWEVER be used to start a sentence instead of BUT?<p>[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Lawrence Carrel ]<hr></blockquote>
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Lawrence Carrel	Post subject: Re: Starting Sentences with Conjunctions Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 11:32 am
Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 2 Location: New York, NY	Thanks, Tim. What about paragraphs? If you start a sentence with BUT, it should contrast the sentence immediately preceding it, however, if you start a graph with BUT, shouldn't that sentence end the previous graph instead of start the new one? Essentially, any period before BUT should be able to be replace by a comma, no? So, I'm feeling you shouldn't start a graph with BUT, still I'm looking for some advice. <p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Tim Hathcock: Thanks, Lawrence, I believe I will now have this song (http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/S ... ction.html) running through my head all day.<p>To answer your question, I refer to a fellow testy copy editor, Bill Walsh, who says it is OK to begin a sentence with and, or, but and however in his book, Lapsing Into a Comma. Bill goes against some conventional wisdoms on this and makes convincing arguments why.<p>Of course, he also likes host as a verb, which I am beginning to see that I will just have to live with.<p> <hr></blockquote><p>[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Lawrence Carrel ]</p>
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