I DREAD writing articles like this because they prompt pedants to pay particular attention.
I DREAD writing articles like this because they prompt pedants to pay particular attention.
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by rOBERT mcNEIL
But I shall persevere because that's the kind of man I am: stupid. And, no, I don't have a problem starting sentences with "but". Or "and". Or, indeed, "or".
I witter thus after witnessing a spirited correspondence on a mid-market newspaper website. The headline prompting the discussion was typical: "East Cambridgeshire town offers Briton's best quality of life." An expat, eschewing the usual obsession with immigration and socialism, wrote in to proclaim: "Briton's should be Britain's."
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I DREAD writing articles like this because they prompt pedants to pay particular attention.
But I shall persevere because that's the kind of man I am: stupid. And, no, I don't have a problem starting sentences with "but". Or "and". Or, indeed, "or".
I witter thus after witnessing a spirited correspondence on a mid-market newspaper website. The headline prompting the discussion was typical: "East Cambridgeshire town offers Briton's best quality of life." An expat, eschewing the usual obsession with immigration and socialism, wrote in to proclaim: "Briton's should be Britain's."
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