At 9:06 AM +0100 7/28/08, Peter Ford wrote:
At 6:47 PM -0400 7/25/08, Daniel Brown wrote:
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:29 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But, there's nothing wrong with starting a sentence with but.
Correct, as I said, in "Reader's Digest" English. In proper
grammar, it's tantamount to ending a sentence with a preposition[1].
However, even in Reader's Digest English (RDE[TM]), heading a word
with "but" is acceptable.... but following it immediately with a comma
is not[2].
It's arguably more correct in this case to use ellipsis:
Okay, who said an old dog can't learn new tricks? Both you and Daniel
have convinced me to stop using "But," and start using "But ..."
As I've said many times before:
"I've learned something new every day of my life... and I'm getting
damned tried of it!"
Thanks,
Cheers,
tedd
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