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  1. What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?

    Dec 12, 2014 · The 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 …

  2. word choice - "At the beginning" or "in the beginning"? - English ...

    Oct 18, 2012 · Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.

  3. What is the difference between "begin" and "start"?

    But to "start" marks the actual/exact time of launching an activity (to understand more clearly, consider these two examples: This is just the beginning [meaning, all the initial period] .

  4. When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?

    May 2, 2023 · Basically, 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 …

  5. grammaticality - Sentences beginning with "so"? - English …

    Sep 26, 2011 · Now, 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.

  6. "At the beginning of the century" or "in the beginning of the …

    The 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 …

  7. Is there a word meaning "append", but at the beginning, not the …

    Location zero would be at the beginning, location 1 is after the first character, etc. Thus, my practical answer to your question in a programming context is that the opposite of "append" is …

  8. suffixes - "beginning" is to "prefix" as "end" is to "suffix" as ...

    Aug 11, 2020 · The 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 …

  9. Using "though" at the beginning of the following sentence

    The sentence where you used though at the beginning, seems incomplete. All you can do is, combine the last two sentences by removing the full-stop and starting though with a small t.

  10. Where and when did the practice of using two spaces in the …

    Nov 27, 2019 · One of my dissertation readers insisted on the rule. I've found it no bother to accommodate the guideline when asked - it's easy enough to find and replace all in a word …