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- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
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 to any time between the start and the halfway point At the start of the period I was eager to learn, but 15 minutes into the beginning I was bored with the material
- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
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 beginning, God created (etc ) At the beginning OF TIME, God created
- 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 10:00 o'clock, folks; let's get started [whenever we talk about a specific time, we rather use the word "start"]
- At the beginning of the century or in the beginning of the century?
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 might say "At the beginning of the 20th Century women generally couldn't vote but by the end of World War II many nations had granted them this right"
- conjunctions - Are should and if interchangeable at the beginning . . .
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
- Alternatives to then, next (at the beginning of the phrase) in . . .
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- Is there any difference between from the beginning and in the . . .
Yes, OP is correct "From the beginning" implies something which lasts until now, while "in the beginning" implies something which existed in the beginning only Let me supplement this with an example: From the beginning, we have a three-tier political system In the beginning, we had a two-tier political system Hope the issue is clear now
- When is it OK to start a sentence with But? [duplicate]
Not beginning a sentence with "but" is a rule of thumb This is not a hard and fast rule This is not a hard and fast rule Rather, it's a simple guideline you should apply to avoid risking a common grammatical mistake, namely: using a sentence fragment
- conjunctions - Can I use but at the beginning of a sentence . . .
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 fragments In fact, as this matter has subsequently been reviewed over the past 60 years or so, the concern has been found to be wholly unwarranted
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