word choice - "At the beginning" or "in the beginning"? - English ...
2012年10月18日 · Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.
What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
2014年12月12日 · The period will start in 15 minutes. vs I can barely remember the beginning of the period. Start has the sense of being a fixed point in time, while beginning could possibly refer to any …
What is the difference between "begin" and "start"?
But to "start" marks the actual/exact time of launching an activity (to understand more clearly, consider these two examples: This is just the beginning [meaning, all the initial period] .
When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
2023年5月2日 · Basically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized. My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off by a …
Is there a word meaning "append", but at the beginning, not the end?
Location zero would be at the beginning, location 1 is after the first character, etc. Thus, my practical answer to your question in a programming context is that the opposite of "append" is "insert (0)". …
Alternatives to "then", "next" (at the beginning of the phrase) in ...
2018年3月23日 · What is the nature of the items being enumerated with these words? What determines the order: is it chronology, a logical argument, a ranking in order of importance? How long is the …
grammaticality - Using "And" at the beginning of a sentence - English ...
2014年1月29日 · But recently, I have seen so many prints, either in entertainment or in academia, where "And" is popularly used in the beginning of a sentence. It seems like the author is trying to connect …
grammaticality - "Due to" at the beginning of a sentence - English ...
2012年5月24日 · A sentence beginning with and or but will tend to draw attention to itself and its transitional function. Writers should examine such sentences with two questions in mind: (1) would …
When do we need to put a comma after "so" at the beginning of a …
2011年6月19日 · Of those 871 instances, 465 were at the beginning of a sentence; 51 immediately followed a semicolon; and 355 immediately followed a comma. Link to Full Tabulation (PDF) …
conditionals - "If" at the beginning of a sentence - English Language ...
2017年9月20日 · In all your examples, the comma is helpful but not mandatory. If at the beginning of the sentence doesn’t change that.