One of the lessons we all learned (I assume) in school was to not begin a sentence with a conjunction. And and but are for connecting elements within a sentence, but not for connecting actual sentences. I’m guilty of teaching this ‘”rule” as well. I definitely encouraged students to avoid using conjunctions to start sentences.Continue reading “And but because: Beginning with Conjunctions”
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Prepositions at the end?
I think we all want our writing to sound educated and sophisticated. We might not always speak eloquently, but we try hard to impress when it’s in writing. I know this is especially true from personal experience when teachers get around to report card writing. Suddenly they (we, when I was teaching) take on aContinue reading “Prepositions at the end?”