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==Because== |
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Starting a sentence with because may or may not be bad English, (but I would be interested to understand your justification for determining that this is bad English) but removing this lead word changes the whole sense of the sentence. If you have a stylistic aversion to "because" as the opening word of a sentence, please take the time out to restructure the sentence so that it makes both logical and linguistic sense. Thanks. <span style="background-color:lightblue">''''' [[User:Velella|Velella]] '''''</span><span style="background-color:lightblue"> <sup>''[[User talk:Velella|Velella]] Talk ''</sup> </span> 09:04, 17 April 2015 (UTC) |
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http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/can-you-start-a-sentence-with-because |
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Hi see the link above. |
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Regards |
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[[User:Alphacatmarnie|Alphacatmarnie]] ([[User talk:Alphacatmarnie#top|talk]]) 09:08, 17 April 2015 (UTC) |
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:I see it, and was glad that this wasn't an in-line ref for some contentious fact! But that aside, this guide says <blockquote>'' It's OK to start a sentence with "because"; you just have to make sure you're writing complete sentences and not sentence fragments. '''Because''' heads up subordinate clauses, which means if you have a clause that starts with "because," you must also have a main clause in your sentence. A main clause is something that could be a complete sentence by itself. The main clause can come first or last; if it comes last, you need a comma."'' </blockquote> |
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:In the article '''Greywater''', we had <blockquote>''Because greywater use, especially domestically, reduces demand on conventional water supplies and pressure on sewage treatment systems, its use is very beneficial to local waterways. In times of drought, especially in urban areas, greywater use in gardens or toilet systems helps to achieve some of the goals of ecologically sustainable development.'' </blockquote>In this sentence, the main clause is <blockquote>''its use is very beneficial to local waterways''</blockquote> which is preceded by a number of conditional clauses. This seems to be in full agreement with the advice that you have pointed to. Is this correct ? <span style="background-color:lightblue">''''' [[User:Velella|Velella]] '''''</span><span style="background-color:lightblue"> <sup>''[[User talk:Velella|Velella]] Talk ''</sup> </span> 10:01, 17 April 2015 (UTC) |
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I'l go for a yes but you may disagree..... ;) |
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[[User:Alphacatmarnie|Alphacatmarnie]] ([[User talk:Alphacatmarnie#top|talk]]) 10:19, 17 April 2015 (UTC) |
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:::No, I don't disagree. I agree completely. In summary. the word '''Because''' is allowed at the start of the sentence provided that a relevant main clause forms part of the same sentence. Just as we had in the original version of ''Greywater''. <span style="background-color:lightblue">''''' [[User:Velella|Velella]] '''''</span><span style="background-color:lightblue"> <sup>''[[User talk:Velella|Velella]] Talk ''</sup> </span> 10:37, 17 April 2015 (UTC) |
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