http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Beginning+VisualSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Beginning+VisualCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67484/what-is-the-difference-between-the-nouns-start-and-beginningThe period will start in 15 minutes. vs I can barely remember the beginning of the period. Start has the sense of being a fixed point in time, while beginning could possibly refer to any time between the start and the halfway point.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:47:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/606954/when-should-we-capitalize-the-beginning-of-a-quotationBasically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized. My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off by a colon, semi-colo...Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:58:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20389/at-the-beginning-or-in-the-beginningAre both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:07:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/3815/at-the-beginning-of-the-century-or-in-the-beginning-of-the-centuryThe beginning of the century is a period of time which is short compared to the century but rather long otherwise; Some people may use this phrase to mean the first decade or even longer. I might say "At the beginning of the 20th Century women generally couldn't vote but by the end of World War II many nations had granted them this right".Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:12:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/48974/can-i-use-but-at-the-beginning-of-a-sentenceFor a while, using but to start a sentence was largely frowned upon. But, I think it is possible to use but at the beginning of a sentence, as long as it isn't overused. Am I right?Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:32:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/43273/sentences-beginning-with-soNow, so is commonly used at the beginning of a sentence to mean "as a result" as it was traditionally used, but also with the same meaning as "uh," as an initial attention-getter.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:14:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/543313/beginning-is-to-prefix-as-end-is-to-suffix-as-middle-is-to-whatThe word "prefix" describes something affixed to the beginning of a word and the word "suffix" describes something affixed to the end of a word. What is the analog of these for something affixed to or making up the middle of a word?Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:16:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/583564/is-nor-used-correctly-here-as-a-conjunction-nor-at-the-beginning-of-a-sentA google search on "nor at the beginning of a sentence" produces lots of hits, all agreeing that this is OK (but pointed out that it used to be discouraged by style guides).Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:25:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30436/when-do-we-need-to-put-a-comma-after-so-at-the-beginning-of-a-sentenceThe comma looks too accidental and unpolished. So again, the best simple rule-of-thumb is to avoid comma-after-so (indeed comma after any FANBOYS) at the beginning of a sentence, immediately following a semicolon, or immediately following a comma. That will nearly always align you with great writers and editors.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:13:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/593632/interpreting-begin-at-the-beginning-the-king-said-very-gravely-and-go-on-tilBegin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop. The "go on in till you come to the end" seems to suggest hard work and determination till you reach your goal. But I feel I'm missing a few nuances here—in particular, the significance of "gravely" and "stop". How would you interpret this quote?Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:17:00 GMT