Scorer behavior

[johnny d]

Next time you are writing a report at work, a cover letter for a new job, or anything else that requires a degree of professionalism, go ahead and start sentences with coordinating conjunctions and see how it works out for you. Doing so is a grammatical trick that should be used judiciously and is really only effective in narratives and story telling.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Next time you are writing a report at work, a cover letter for a new job, or anything else that requires a degree of professionalism, go ahead and start sentences with coordinating conjunctions and see how it works out for you. Doing so is a grammatical trick that should be used judiciously and is really only effective in narratives and story telling.

Or internet boards. Punctuation still helps - even if it's not correct - with readability. Rich's point is still valid. I'm not sure what yours is.

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm not sure what yours is.

Someone once told me never to end a sentence with a preposition. I told them prepositions are not things I end sentences with! :)

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Someone once told me never to end a sentence with a preposition.

Reminds me of a story...

There once was a guy who asked his mechanic, "where is my car at?"

The mechanic replied, "Sir, you do not end sentences with a preposition."

The inquiring guy said, "Ok... where is my car at, A$$hole?"

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Next time you are writing a report at work, a cover letter for a new job, or anything else that requires a degree of professionalism, go ahead and start sentences with coordinating conjunctions and see how it works out for you. Doing so is a grammatical trick that should be used judiciously and is really only effective in narratives and story telling.

Sorry, already do most of those things...and not one person cares.

I doubt I could find one person that matters that actually cares anything about a preposition at the beginning of a sentence. There would be very few jobs that depend on rigid academic grammar that would be worth having. Most intelligent hiring managers care about how well you might actually do the job, not some archaic grammar rule.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I doubt I could find one person that matters that actually cares anything about a preposition at the beginning of a sentence. There would be very few jobs that depend on rigid academic grammar that would be worth having. Most intelligent hiring managers care about how well you might actually do the job, not some archaic grammar rule.

NFHS editor? Those that write the "User's Manual" for products that are made in China?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

NFHS editors? Those that who write the "User's Manual" for products that are made in China?

FIFY.

Just to join in on what seems to be an amazing morning of off topic posts and pointless bickering.

And, I am not making any claim that my grammar and spelling is worthy of even a passing grade in a JH English class.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I am not making any claim that my grammar and spelling is worthy of even a passing grade in a JH English class.

It's still better than many of us.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Next time you are writing a report at work, a cover letter for a new job, or anything else that requires a degree of professionalism, go ahead and start sentences with coordinating conjunctions and see how it works out for you. Doing so is a grammatical trick that should be used judiciously and is really only effective in narratives and story telling.

The web is informal, we are not writing dissertations. However, even informal writing requires punctuation and capitalization.