- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
They are valid but not interchangeable I think the most important difference is that "in the beginning" seems to be an expression describing a whole period of time, while "at the beginning" more literally describes a single moment in time, similar to the difference between saying "in the morning" and "at 8 a m "
- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
The only differences I would loosely ascribe to the those two words in the given context are connotative: Start may have the connotation of being in the future and beginning may more easily be associated with the past
- grammaticality - Sentences beginning with so? - English Language . . .
This also came up on either a BBC or CBC science program, but not as a linguistically-oriented discussion Over the last two or three years I've noticed a lot more people starting a sentence with
- Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
RFC 2822, "Internet Message Format" says, When used in a reply, the field body MAY start with the string "Re: " (from the Latin "res", in the matter of) followed by the contents of the "Subject:" field body of the original message
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
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- Meaning of beginning of the year - English Language Usage Stack . . .
okay, if you need to prove you expect to graduate by May 15, yes, they will infer that 'by the beginning of the year' satisfies that requirement
- punctuation - When do we need to put a comma after so at the . . .
I noticed that most of the times when the conjunction "so" is used at the beginning of a sentence, it is followed by a comma: So, this gets published but the fact that it is inaccurate gets moder
- grammaticality - Yet at the beginning of a sentence - English . . .
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