March 4th is National Grammar Day. Writers need to participate. It’s the law.
The Grammar Cop
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I think that the red pen should be used for writers on your site. The following paragraph is from SPOGG’s front page:
The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar is for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English. (And we’re not talking about Bad English, the band, although their song “Heaven is a 4 letter word” needs a hyphen.)
When did it become okay to begin a sentence with a conjunction? Also, the word although in the last sentence should have a semicolon before it and a comma after it.
Standing by for orders, SIR!
I think that the red pen should be used for writers on your site. The following paragraph is from SPOGG’s front page:
The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar is for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English. (And we’re not talking about Bad English, the band, although their song “Heaven is a 4 letter word” needs a hyphen.)
When did it become okay to begin a sentence with a conjunction? Also, the word although in the last sentence should have a semicolon before it and a comma after it.
But please bear these in mind:
http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/national-grammar-day-2011-ten-more-grammar-myths-debunked/
http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/national-grammar-day-2010-ten-more-common-grammar-myths-debunked/
R. Stewart said: “When did it become okay to begin a sentence with a conjunction?”
It’s always been OK.
You may begin a sentence with a conjunction and end a sentence with a preposition. Both are allowed.