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- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results
- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
The period will start in 15 minutes vs I can barely remember the beginning of the period Start has the sense of being a fixed point in time, while beginning could possibly refer to any time between the start and the halfway point
- grammaticality - Using And at the beginning of a sentence - English . . .
But recently, I have seen so many prints, either in entertainment or in academia, where "And" is popularly used in the beginning of a sentence It seems like the author is trying to connect the sentence just right before and the sentence following "And" in some intended meaning which I don't quite get
- At the beginning of the century or in the beginning of the century?
The beginning of the century is a period of time which is short compared to the century but rather long otherwise; Some people may use this phrase to mean the first decade or even longer I might say "At the beginning of the 20th Century women generally couldn't vote but by the end of World War II many nations had granted them this right"
- When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
Basically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off by a colon, semi-colo
- meaning - Starting with vs. starting from - English Language . . .
I would like to ask about the difference between the two phrases starting with and starting from Take the following two sentences for example: Please give me all the names starting with A
- What is the difference between begin and start?
But to "start" marks the actual exact time of launching an activity (to understand more clearly, consider these two examples: This is just the beginning [meaning, all the initial period]
- grammaticality - Sentences beginning with so? - English Language . . .
Now, so is commonly used at the beginning of a sentence to mean "as a result" as it was traditionally used, but also with the same meaning as "uh," as an initial attention-getter
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