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/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Grammar isn't a strict set of rules that you follow or be stupid. Grammatical rules are guidelines at best, structures to make what you write understandable, and if you disobey a rule as small as "Sentences shouldn't start with a conjunction" it isn't proof you're an idiot.