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NameNotFound @namenotfounderror.bsky.social

Something like beginning a sentence with 'And'?

sep 1, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0

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What good are notebooks? @whatgoodrnotebooks.bsky.social

That's the grammar of the joke form I was using. And what?

sep 1, 2025, 11:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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Viva @vivaf1.bsky.social

And what’s wrong with that exactly?

sep 1, 2025, 10:58 pm • 3 0 • view
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NameNotFound @namenotfounderror.bsky.social

Sometimes it's OK, but in the context of the post, it is inappropriate.

sep 2, 2025, 9:44 am • 0 0 • view
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Viva @vivaf1.bsky.social

But you happen to be wrong.

sep 2, 2025, 4:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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NameNotFound @namenotfounderror.bsky.social

Except, not.

sep 2, 2025, 5:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Viva @vivaf1.bsky.social

But it is, for the simple reason that there is no grammatical rule about starting a sentence with and, but or even because. You can use them as a deliberate device to add further information as an afterthought. It's one of those things we were told at school (I was too) that was actually false.

sep 2, 2025, 6:00 pm • 1 0 • view