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14316352 No.14316352 [Reply] [Original]

>you can never start a sentence with and or but

>> No.14316359

>>14316352
Who's going to stop me?

>> No.14316367

>>14316359
Your 3rd grade English teacher

>> No.14316368
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14316368

>tfw you start a sentence with a semicolon

>> No.14316370

>>14316367
I think she's probably dead by now.

>> No.14316397

>>14316368
I know who you are, poetic-consciousness anon.

>> No.14316400

>>14316370
Nice

>> No.14316401

que?>>14316397

>> No.14316408

>>14316400
Rude.

>> No.14316479

>>14316370
Nice

>> No.14316480

>>14316401
>que?
I am an rock ape.

>> No.14316559

>>14316359
based

>> No.14316586

>>14316352
-But...

>> No.14316590

>>14316352
I started doing this after I started reading more often. I saw so many authors do it, so I assumed it was okay.

>> No.14317169

>>14316352
That makes no sense. Observe:
>With the deliveries completed, he could finally rest.
>And so it shall ever be.
>But then again, who would protest?

>> No.14317202

>>14316370
Niece

>> No.14317207

Isn't "And then..." a perfectly common sentence?

>> No.14317252
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14317252

>>14316352

>you can't end a sentence with a preposition

>> No.14317338

And but so my seminar paper starts right here.

>> No.14317345

counterpoint:
>and but so

>> No.14317357

>>14317338
>>14317345
Based, I unironically did this in my thesis.

>> No.14317385

>>14317252
>tfw i've been posting here for 2 years and still have no idea what a preposition is

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>> No.14317778

>>14317764
>the only two options are radical prescriptivism or completely opening the door to degenerate nigglish
>there is no such thing as taste or style

i hate this chosen.

>> No.14318475

>>14317778
This.
I think rules like that are really helpful up to a certain point, because thy teach you to watch what you're writing, but if followed autistically they straightjacket you. I think after middle school, my teachers stopped sperging out of the preposition shit unless it actually sounded awkward.

>> No.14318521

>>14317207
>dialogue has to reflect proper grammar
oh no no no

>> No.14318953

>>14316352

But I do that all the time. And nobody has ever stopped me.