atw: Re: AND, BUT, or OR as the first word of a sentence

  • From: "John Murphy" <john.murphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:27:11 -0700

ONLY ok to use them in a creative writing situation where dialogue is
involved. This is because people do talk that way.

It is not acceptable for formal or technical writing.

John Murphy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul RETI [mailto:preti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:12 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: AND, BUT, or OR as the first word of a sentence


Dear all=20

This has been covered here before.   And so, apologies...

Conventional wisdom was that=20
  thou must not begin a sentence with _and_, _or_, and _but_.=20

I need some guidance and also some authoritative references for =20
whether and when it's OK now to use them as the first word of=20
a sentence in a:

1)  technical document
2)  casual communication=20
3)  formal non-technical writing =20

Thanks...
   Paul RETI
   Sydney Australia
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