Re: USAGE: Initial "and" (was Re: The Babel Text)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 15, 2004, 10:20 |
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 10:51:55PM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
> Aside from KJV (and other writings in lofty or Biblical mode) starting
> sentences with "and" is frowned upon in English writing. (Same with "but").
> But they can both be used-- sparingly-- for effect.
But usually they are still serving conjunctionlike roles, even
at the start of a sentence. I don't know what the "effect" *is*
when the very first sentence of a work starts with "and".
-Mark