The landlord refused to respond to inquiries. Because he said he needed to talk to his lawyer. When told the phrase beginning with “Because” was a sentence fragment, the student objected: But you said ...

Is it correct to start a sentence with a conjunction? Here is a query from a reader of this column. Sanjay Saralaya writes, “Can one start a sentence with words and phrases such as as, because and due ...

They are words such as because, although, unless, whereas. They do the job of showing the relationship between the two clauses and showing us which is the most important. Greg stayed behind after ...

Conjunctions are joining words that link two parts of a sentence together. Ms Williams: Hello, I am Ms Williams and today we're learning how to use the word "because" in our writing.Why?Because it's ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Many generations of students have had certain grammar “truths” drilled into their little heads. One is the “myth” that ...

A Melbourne scientist has used some unexpected spare time to study the misuse of the word "however". The study was recently published in Cambridge University's journal English Today. Its author, ...