Can You Start a Sentence With the Word and
Can you commencement a sentence with "and"?
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- Added: August 2003
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Y'all can start a sentece, a paragraph or even a text with 'and', IMO.
Of course you tin. Find any writer acknowledged to exist a great who doesn't.
And yet, there are many people, who say that a judgement should not start with "and"; though I disagre with them, I wouldn't corruption it as a starter.
No y'all deceit start with and. And you lot should know this! :D
The Nenerable Bede, the get-go great English author, starts his volume with 'and', and he was writing in Latin.
Distressing, the Venerable Bede.
You are all obviously Americans.
You can, but yous shouldn't.
Of course you *can* start a sentence with "and," but that's artistic license, not grammatical correctness. No journalist will write a difficult news article containing a sentence that starts with "and." It's grammatically wrong.
I guess those guys who wrote the Bible weren't hard jornalists and so...
oops "journalists"
See Genesis 1:25
Every grammatical source I have checked including some authors and English professors state that it IS grammatically correct to starting time a sentence with "AND." Information technology can be overused; however, it is not wrong to utilise it.
Have you lot ever seen "Finding Forrester"?
It is absolutely wrong to start a sentence with and. And only serves as a conjunction b/westward 2 phrases, sentences, or words.
i dont retrieve so god people r gettin crazy starting a sentence with and
it is perfectly acceptable to starting time this sentence with But even tough it is a role of FANBOYS -for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and then- I can start a sentence with it because of the usage to coordinate ii independent clauses (groups of words that tin can stand lonely equally sentences). Here are two examples, with the independent clauses in brackets: [We started to go home], but [we had run out of gas]. Nigh probable, many people believe they should not start a sentence with a coordinating conjunction considering their grammar teachers in grade school discouraged them from doing so. Yet such a rule is completely unjustifiable. When grammar teachers teach youngsters the essentials of sentence structure, they most probable explain that coordinating conjunctions are used to hold together elements within a sentence. Therefore, they may discourage students from starting sentences with coordinating conjunctions because they are trying non only to explain conjunctions only as well to help their students learn to avoid sentence fragments like this one: She was a prissy girl. And smart, too. In this example, using "and" afterwards the flow is incorrect because the 2nd "judgement" is not really a sentence at all: it has neither a subject nor a verb. Thus, youngsters carry forward into adulthood the notion that a judgement should never begin with a coordinating conjunction, especially not with "and" or "only." In fact, however, professional writers have started sentences with analogous conjunctions throughout history
You wouldn't be against someone starting a sentence with "Additionally..." or "In addition..." - pregnant, "Here's another point that complements the last." So why tin can't "And" be used the same style, even in a scholarly essay?
I estimate im old schoolhouse,I was taught non to begin a sentence with and.
no cause information technology dose not make any sence and if you want to make certain go back to school and inquire!!!
And they said information technology couldn't be done.
No, you can't, however the english language would be much easier on all of us if nosotros could.
I believe you lot tin't because and is a conjucntion and it should exist in a sentence not at the begining.
Every bit far as I can see at that place is no rule anywhere that says yous tin't start a judgement with a conjunction. In fact, it can add a great deal of emphasis to the written word. And that'southward a fact!
It depends, co-ordinate to the Apparently English language rules you can if it makes the judgement clearly and it can be a way of cutting downward long unwieldy sentences. It is best to avert it if you can though!
"And information technology came to pass later on vii days, that the waters of the overflowing were upon the globe." Hmmm. It looks like this grammatical "misconception" has been around for quite some fourth dimension.
Naughty Rex James!
It's not grammatically right, it'due south often used in advertising text where space is at a premium. And it makes a judgement stand up out when information technology is!
Your old grammar school teacher probably taught you lot not to start a sentence with a conjunction. This is a good rule for children learning English, and a good practice in many applications, nevertheless it is non an absolute rule of whatsoever sort. Many accomplished authors recognize the value in bending such "rules" to manipulate the language.
Not in legal documents.
you lot cannot start a sentence with "and". and is a analogous conjunction.Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that bring together two items of equal syntactic importance. As an instance, the traditional view holds that the English coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so (which form the mnemonic FANBOYS). Note that there are proficient reasons to argue that only and, but, and or are prototypical coordinators, while nor is very close. And so and withal share more properties with conjunctive adverbs (e.g., even so), and "for...lack(south) almost of the properties distinguishing prototypical coordinators from prepositions with clausal complements" [i]. Furthermore, there are other means to coordinate independent clauses in English language.
I find it amusing that many of the people posting comments stating, "No, you can't start a sentence with and," accept some of the worst grammer errors and typos in this poll.
My stance is that you cannot start a sentence with "and", even so, English is a living linguistic communication which incorporates neologisms all the time. Are there any actual English teachers who tin can assist with this debate? Opinions seem to be so divided!
It actually depends in which instance yous're starting "and" off with.
In a formal or even a general essay, it should non be used; nevertheless, in literature, information technology is immune.
Those who practice non believe, that even in literature, "and" could exist used to start off a sentence has been curtained from good literature for much too long. >_>;;
Of course you tin can, it merely depends on the context, particularly on sentence construction. You tin can easily commencement a sentence with and, so long that information technology is a simple sentence inversion technique where "and" is heading a dependent clause, though it normally shouldn't, except in select cases. Equally a unproblematic sentence, though, it is grammatically wrong.
It is non really a question open to opinion; it is perfectly valid to kickoff a sentence with 'and'. As Paul says in his post of 2nd Dec, it has been embedded in the masses by teachers.
Imagine a specific instance; you are writing a letter of the alphabet explaining your impoverished position and asking for money. You take a few paragraphs explaining the situation and and so it would be fine to say: "And so I plow to you for support....."
Obviously it must be used correctly, all words tin can exist used incorrectly, so tin can 'and'.
Re: ntianu's post of 14th March.
He/she says "It is absolutely wrong to get-go a judgement with and. And only serves every bit a conjunction b/w 2 phrases, sentences, or words."
Nosotros are mature enough to non mock you lot for using the word to commencement a judgement equally it is used as a substantive describing the word. Still, you say it tin can be used to join sentences. If you exercise not first a judgement with the word, how do you manage this?
no you cant start a and.
The person should have written... The word "and" only serves as a conjunction between 2 phrases, sentences, or words.
I meet no problem with starting a sentence with 'and' if you are writing informally. I doubt you will encounter sentences beginning with 'and' in formal writing. Many well-respected authors start their sentences this way and I call up information technology is a thing of style and purpose rather than a hard and fast dominion of grammar.
The word "And" joins 2 phrases. If at that place is nothing before "And" then the word is incorrect.
you tin outset a judgement using anything you desire. in other words, yes it is certainly possible.
ex.
And that'southward why the Tigers lost the baseball game.
simply is it grammatically correct?
yes.
"they are just words, they don't command us."
-Dane Cook
Is Hemingway famous?
Of form you tin can start a sentence with the word and, notwithstanding whether this is gramatically right is a different matter.
I believe you can use a and at the begining of a judgement. P.Southward. To the British- The American english is a bit different than yours.
Excuse me. I meant to say "an" and.
And I call back yous can. Considering I said so. Ain't that da truth. Grammar don't matter!
YES, yous can begin a sentence with "and" as long as yous use it properly.
"And" is an interesting word.
The question was "Can you start a sentence with "and"? Not many merely yous can!
Yes y'all can. Sometimed you don't take other choice =) !
When writing in a conversational tone it is advisable. Information technology is not advisable in more formal communications.
Shakespeare, Milton, Heller, Cervantes.... All have used "And" at the starting time of a sentence. Oh, and the Oxford Dictionary of English Usage says information technology'south okay. And the bible as well.
it is done in the NYTimes everyday.
The word "and" is not only a conjunction." And" tin be used to capture a meaning or concept other than its mutual utilise in traditional thought. Our schooling should not limit our use of words. It is not just most "artistic license" .
"And then at that place was the word, and the give-and-take became ....."
Of course y'all can showtime a sentence with the discussion and. You can also starting time it with the discussion but. I have asked quite a few people I know what they idea near this. Most who have taken whatsoever type of writing grade in addition to required courses such as business writing or writing ettiquette agree that yous most certainly are able to do this. Folks I asked who have taken just required courses or no course at all seem to go with the thought this is not adequate...
Of course y'all can start off a sentence with "and"! Although this would non exist practiced to write in a grade school paper.
"And," "simply" and "or" are conjunctions - they bring together sections of sentences into one consummate thought. You *can* begin a sentence with a conjunction, merely you must take intendance to brand sure that your sentence is a complete idea. For example - "But if you accept a incorrect plow, you will end up in Timbucktu" is a consummate sentence just "And pro golfers are not athletes is a fragment.
That'south the reason teachers told us then often, "don't first sentences with prepositions," people were as well careless...
no you can't! it is not proper! :P
Because that is not a completely professional or a casual way to commencement an initial sentence.however, we can adjoin a sentanec and utilize it in between the two sentences.
And," "but" and "or" are conjunctions - they join sections of sentences into one complete thought. You *can* begin a sentence with a conjunction, but you must take care to make sure that your sentence is a complete thought. For example - "But if you take a wrong plow, yous will end up in Timbucktu" is a complete sentence but "And pro golfers are not athletes is a fragment.
That'southward the reason teachers told the states so ofttimes, "don't start sentences with prepositions," people were too devil-may-care...
melissa - 18th April 2008 01:37
no you can't! it is non proper! :P
Faiz khan,English lecture - 19th April 2008 04:02
Considering that is not a completely professional or a casual mode to start an initial judgement.however, we can adjoin.
Sometimes. For instance. And that was the end of that.
i tin can star a judgement with "and : and there is no harm in it.
Writers use information technology for emphasis or consequence.
A good author volition use it to expert event, information technology is as well a easy manner out if you are also dumb to construct a proper sentence. It should not be taught to students learning English!
According to an Australian Government publication 'Choosing Your Mark" by Dr George Stern " conjunctions ... dont't - join only clauses: they tin can also link sntences or paragraphs to each other,"
I'one thousand thick and then I don't know
im pretty sure u cant but i wish u cud cos i demand 2 in this history essay!
No you cant! didnt your teatcers ever teach ya that????????
Non only can you start a sentence with "and," but even if the rules specified you couldn't, the all-time writers understand that most rules of English tin can be bent or even broken on a case-past-case basis if they're handled judisciously. The goal is practiced writing, not the meticulous and slavish adherence to a set of standards. That's for bureaucrats and listmakers, non people who desire to communicate efficiently.
I hold with Emerson: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
I agree entirely with Charles Whittlesey (19th August 2008 17:38).
Nearly people here who respond no have incorrect grammar. That tells me something.
you CAN start a sentence with and, cause in every volume i've read in my life there has been at least one sentence that starts with and in information technology. in school i was taught no to do that on papers and essays. but for some sentences it is necessary. so therefore y'all Can starting time a sentence with the word "and"
and if everyone disagrees, heres another reason : considering i said so and im cool.
thank yous have a prissy day.
Information technology IS perfectly adequate to start a sentence with AND and Because and BUT--uncomplicated-minded English teachers tell y'all not to and they wanted to aid you guards against writing sentence fragments. But they were wrong not to tell you the truth (probably because they didn't know the truth!) Wait information technology up in Fowlers and the Oxford Guide to Writing! And, yes, I saw Finding Forester and during the scene where he explains that you Can start a sentence with AND and Considering, I virtually jumped upwardly and cheered!!!!
KJV of old attestation starts many a verses with And - and is possibly the reason the teaching system frowns upon it.
no you can't, some say u tin write "And in decision, ...." but you should say "So in conclusion ..." this is just similar all the other examples, IF Yous Cant WRITE It IN SCHOOL, YOU Cant WRITE IT IN College And then Y'all SHOULDNT WRITE IT AT ALL. thanks
Of grade yous can. Read the bible and read some more books. Yous volition see that many professional person journalists and authors begin sentences with "And."
It is perfectly adequate to brainstorm a sentence with a conjunction, such every bit "and." Nonetheless, a writer must recollect that a conjunction is used to relate two or more things to each other. Equally long as it serves it'southward purpose, and then it is correct. There is no hard and fast rule in English grammar that says you tin can't begin a sentence with "and." I am an English teacher and am currently taking a linguistics grade at a university. Co-ordinate to various reknowned sources, people have been start sentences with "and" since the time of the Anglo-Saxons. The "dominion" became pop around the 1800s, and has fuctuated over fourth dimension. This was just a made up convention, not a specific rule. Remember...if you can say it and take it audio right, so it is right. If it is normally used in spoken communication and/or written text, then it is correct.
To Melissa Emily Anderson --- the english instructor ---- shouldn't it be "its" purpose instead of " it's" purpose, since "it's purpose would signify the conjunction of it and is = it's. At least that's what I learned when I was taught English back in Germany.
Why are you even asking, the strange and so-called dominion that y'all can't is just an old superstition that all writers express joy about.
I am not really sure... My english teachers in school ever tell me it is grammaticaly wrong. The thing is the author Agetha Christie started her book championship with "and."
"And And then At that place Were None" also called "Ten Little Indians" I am writing a book correct now and i was needing to know if it was grammaticaly right or not... merely i approximate im gonna have to go with my instincts...
For years, people tell you never start a sentence with a conjunction. Even so, rules are irresolute. So yes now y'all can =]
it is a conjunction
What a bright argue. And information technology's been going for eight and a bit years. Honey it. Thank God nosotros're all nonetheless and then passionate virtually how language is used... I think using and at the first of a sentence is fine if it allows the idea to menstruation easily into the readers mind.
I have read 'and' at the outset of a sentence many times, merely information technology looks clumsy. If the subject area or topic is related to the previous clause, why not utilise a semi-colon? Or is that too difficult?
In no other language than Hebrew (and sister languages) is information technology common to kickoff sentences with and. If you lot observe in the New Attestation which is allegedly from the Greek, most of the verses start with And. Yet the Greek language does non. It is therefore logical to assume that the NT was originally in Hebrew and that what we have of the NT Greek texts are a translation thereof.
For a fiction writer, sure-
but in academic writing.
AND of class not.
No-
Maybe I am quondam skool merely don't begin sentences with And, Because or But!!!
I think its ok tostart a sentence eveyonce in a while as long equally yous dont do information technology to much!
It is perfectly adequate to start a sentance with "and" or even "just". BUT it is probably best not to do so on official documents.
Of course you tin can, it'southward called a logical inductive in that context, NOT a conjunction, and was always correct usage in any context. The common notion that start a judgement with and stems from popular fascination with beingness correct without having ever had a real eduction, though popular conceptions do end up affecting formal style, so what the hell
Sorry, my keyboard is sticking, "the notion that you lot cannot get-go a sentence with and..." also, education, not eduction, sorry...
Of course y'all bloody tin. If used inside the correct context. If you read a book...yes A BOOK *shock horror* yous volition see many many many, perchance all authors commencement sentences with "and".
No you cannot start a judgement with aned. solely considering y'all're tired of reading, does non hateful it'south the stop of a sentence.
that's my story, and i'm sticking to it.
yous tin can offset a sentence with and if yous desire to
ands are cool.
i start sentences in my songs with the word and.
then again....my songs suck!
Ands are nice :)
THAT'S SLIPPERY, I THINK SOMEONE SPILLED SOME WATER!!!!
I beloved starting sentences with 'And'!! Purely for artistic license, and to rattle the cages of the grammer police.
No, never! English is not a LIVING language and the Constitution is not a LIVING documents. Some things are just evidently right or wrong. The fact that 99% of people do something a sure style does not change wrong to correct; it just makes a lot of people incorrect.
"And" cannot exist used at the beginning of a sentence considering "and" joins clauses or sentences or words. I was taught this in English language form.
If you expect upward "therefore" in whatever thesaurus, the first entry will ever be "and and then". Its 100% adequate.
It is not something that should be done often or in formal circumstances. Only in an informal context, sure, you lot can. And it can serve as a useful way of emphasising an reconsideration.
um.... u cant start a sentence with and? n yous should its just clear english
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