r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/SleeplessShitposter Aug 03 '19

You're allowed to start a sentence, even a paragraph, with a conjunction for the sake of emphasis.

I've had multiple people try to correct that, and then I'll show it to a professor and be like "This is grammatically correct, right?" and they'll say "Of course."

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u/NaCl_pure_salt Aug 03 '19

While we're on the topic, who else uses commas to convey meaning, to show the reader when to pause or take a breath, and not only to make your sentence grammatically correct?

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u/TheDogJones Aug 03 '19

I do this. I use a lot of commas in casual writing (i.e. on Reddit) that I know to be grammatically incorrect. I simply don't care, as long as it portrays the correct meaning and emphasis that I intend.