And can indeed start a sentence. And op is a fag.
"All 500+ UFC athletes were invited to this weekend’s Athlete Retreat. In an attempt to bring the roster closer the retreat included a concert by Snoop Dogg, a talk from Kobe Bryant, and a tour of the new UFC Performance Institute. And Cris Cyborg reportedly busted Angela Magana’s lip."
While I was bitching on his forum, Kirik was writing an article to troll me.
jgiveshead - Protip: protips are for faggots. Wait...Underrated
OP doesn't even Oxford Comma.
Mrs. Manley of right. People who start sentences with And are morons.
The UG blog writing is right around 1st grade level.
The hilarious part is the pointless 750 word introduction to every article. Wtf?! What a waste of time.
MrColdCock -The word "and" can never start a sentence and the use of it after a comma is unnecessary some times and flat out wrong the rest of the time.
This pro tip brought to you by my second grade elementary teacher, Mrs. Manley.
PS, thank you for the hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours of entertainment this site has provided me.
First Your wrong. Second this thread is gayer than mattbattle.com
chupecabre -MrColdCock -The word "and" can never start a sentence and the use of it after a comma is unnecessary some times and flat out wrong the rest of the time.
This pro tip brought to you by my second grade elementary teacher, Mrs. Manley.
PS, thank you for the hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours of entertainment this site has provided me.
First Your wrong. Second this thread is gayer than mattbattle.com
No. Your wrong.
Kirik might make mistakes like this, but I'll take his articles over the incoherent rambling of Elias centipede all day long.
With Elias you can tell he’s TRYING to sound smart. Kirik at least just writes the articles. I can live with grammatical errors
chupecabre -MrColdCock -The word "and" can never start a sentence and the use of it after a comma is unnecessary some times and flat out wrong the rest of the time.
This pro tip brought to you by my second grade elementary teacher, Mrs. Manley.
PS, thank you for the hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours of entertainment this site has provided me.
First Your wrong. Second this thread is gayer than mattbattle.com
exactly. Simple google search.
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There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but or so. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of thesentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions.May 29, 2014
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From the Merriam Webster site:
Firstly, has it ever been wrong to begin a sentence with and or but? No, it has not. We have been breaking this rule all the way from the 9th century Old English Chronicle through the current day. Many translations of the Bible are filled with sentence-initial ands and buts, and they even may be found in some of our more beloved—and prescriptive—usage guides. The 1959 edition of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style begins two sentences in a row with these prohibited words, and does so with nary a trace of self-consciousness.
Now I understand saying "fuck this shit, thank God it's done" when submitting the articles. Ain't nobody got time for proofreading. I was the same way in sixth grade.
Now let's address Kirik's use of "and" after commas. It's wrong most of the time. I'm sure the UG blog defence brigade will follow with 25 links telling me it's totally acceptable to throw commas and ands all over your work. It's lazy ass writing that Mrs Manley would fuck your knuckles up for.
I love how all these quotes reference the bible. Show me a novel or text book that starts every fourth sentence with the word and.
I've read in excess of 13 books if you count Shogun as 3 books. I don't remember ever seeing it.
MrColdCock -I love how all these quotes reference the bible. Show me a novel or text book that starts every fourth sentence with the word and.
I've read in excess of 13 books if you count Shogun as 3 books. I don't remember ever seeing it.
true, fuck using actual authorities on the subject, some dipshit on the UG said it was bad.
Humphrey -MrColdCock -I love how all these quotes reference the bible. Show me a novel or text book that starts every fourth sentence with the word and.
I've read in excess of 13 books if you count Shogun as 3 books. I don't remember ever seeing it.
true, fuck using actual authorities on the subject, some dipshit on the UG said it was bad.
Link was posted in the first page. From that link;
"During the 19th century, some schoolteachers took against the practice of beginning a sentence with a word like but or and, presumably because they noticed the way young children and MMA journalists overused them in their writing."
MrColdCock -Humphrey -MrColdCock -I love how all these quotes reference the bible. Show me a novel or text book that starts every fourth sentence with the word and.
I've read in excess of 13 books if you count Shogun as 3 books. I don't remember ever seeing it.
true, fuck using actual authorities on the subject, some dipshit on the UG said it was bad.
Link was posted in the first page. From that link;
"During the 19th century, some schoolteachers took against the practice of beginning a sentence with a word like but or and, presumably because they noticed the way young children and MMA journalists overused them in their writing."
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a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions.
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next
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If anyone tells you starting sentence with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet) is incorrect, hand them any piece of professional writing and have them take a look. In literature, journalism, speeches, and formal writing of all kinds, using these conjunctions to start sentences is more than just acceptable; it’s ubiquitous. Open any book, even one with technical, scholarly, or otherwise formal writing, and you are likely to find numerous examples. There are exceptions, of course, but these are rare. That there is some sort of rule against sentence-beginning conjunctions is an old myth that never seems to go away despite the fact that it is not at all borne out in the writing of actual English speakers.
http://grammarist.com/grammar/conjunctions-to-start-sentences/
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should we keep going? because I don't think you'll find a single AUTHORITATIVE place saying otherwise.. Why? because it's not true.
but other than everything you said, you're right
Just because you're dumb, or you were taught dumb things doesn't mean they're true.
"a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions"
LOL. How many sentences in first-rate writing begin with the word and. Is it more or less then the 25% dominstrated on this site. Keep telling me I'm wrong when you know I'm not.
Let's work together to stop this first-rate problem.
LOL at Mrs. Manley teaching dumb things. Now I've heard everything.
MrColdCock -"a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions"
LOL. How many sentences in first-rate writing begin with the word and. Is it more or less then the 25% dominstrated on this site. Keep telling me I'm wrong when you know I'm not.
Let's work together to stop this first-rate problem.
My Gawd, this dominstration!!!
As an English teacher, this warms my heart.