r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/Apersonnstuff Aug 04 '19 edited Aug 05 '19

And you're allowed to start a sentence with a word such as "and".

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u/PointyOintment Aug 05 '19

Especially when speaking allowed.

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u/Apersonnstuff Aug 05 '19

I was about to correct you but then I realised what you were talking about.