
word choice - "At the beginning" or "in the beginning"? - English ...
Oct 18, 2012 · In the beginning is usually preferred alone and followed by a comma. But at the beginning is used together with a noun such as year, book, century, show ..etc.. ;) E.g. In the …
What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
Dec 12, 2014 · 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 …
conjunctions - Can I use "but" at the beginning of a sentence ...
Oct 16, 2012 · Correct. The standard injunction to avoid using conjunctions (or conjuncts) at the beginning of a sentence was predicated on the assumption that such sentences tended to be …
"At the beginning of the century" or "in the beginning of the …
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 …
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] . It's …
dates - Meaning of "beginning of the year" - English Language
Dec 12, 2014 · How late that might be depends on how the school year is broken into "terms". If there is a Fall Quarter, which ends before Christmas, saying that he will graduate by the …
word choice - "At the beginning" or "during the beginning"?
Sep 18, 2020 · from the beginning to the end of a particular period: Which can be a period known as the "beginning." Hence, one could say that at the beginning of a class, half the students …
conjunctions - Are "should" and "if" interchangeable at the …
Possible Duplicate: A special use of “should”? If "should" comes at the beginning of a sentence, and the sentence is not a question, then can it be replaced with "if?" Is there any difference a...
When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
May 2, 2023 · 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 …
grammaticality - Using "And" at the beginning of a sentence
Jan 29, 2014 · As a writer, I use "And" at the beginning of sentences in novels. I take (what I consider) this poetic license typically to emphasize a thought in a narrative or to more closely …