crossfire lag?! omg

RTOman wrote: »

and I thought my grammar was bad

^ you can't start a sentence with and <<<

Probably slow internet speeds this morning

"Starting a Sentence With And

In the 1700s it was perfectly acceptable to start sentences with a conjunction. And it is becoming increasingly prevalent again now. But why use a conjunction to start a sentence? There are many advantages:

It maintains an easy, conversational style.
It preserves a link between sentences, whilst still delivering in a short, punchy vein. (Great for on-line writing).
It reduces the need for long, wordy compound sentences.

It is not grammatically incorrect to start a sentence with 'or', 'and' or 'but', and never has been, although it used to be discouraged. Now, thanks to the advent of email, and the proliferation of blogs and other on-line resources, public acceptance is much more forthcoming."

"When it comes to informal writing, it would be impossible to say a writer cannot start a sentence with and, but or because. As long as the message as a whole has been communicated effectively to the reader, the occasional sentence fragment posing as a complete thought shouldn't be completely discouraged."

DDump wrote: »

-Are you really not allowed to start a sentence with AND, BUT, or BECAUSE?
-Starting A sentence with OR, AND, or BUT

...Yeah, the last time I was ever penalized for starting a sentence with And was back in 2nd grade...

...I'm 22 now.

So no...it's 100% acceptable...especially in a place where people don't actually care about stupid rules such as using AND at the start of a sentence as apposed to someone throwing words all over the sentence because they don't natively speak English...