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- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
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 to any time between the start and the halfway point At the start of the period I was eager to learn, but 15 minutes into the beginning I was bored with the material
- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
In the beginning is usually preferred alone and followed by a comma But at the beginning is used together with a noun such as year, book, century, show etc ;) E g In the beginning, God created (etc ) At the beginning OF TIME, God created
- When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
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 by a colon, semi-colon or comma one keeps the beginning of the quotation capitalized This is my understanding from reading the Turabian and other relevant books
- Alternatives to then, next (at the beginning of the phrase) in . . .
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- conjunctions - Are should and if interchangeable at the beginning . . .
Possible Duplicate: A special use of “should”? If "should" comes at the beginning of a sentence, and the sentence is not a question, then can it be replaced with "if?" Is there any difference a
- Is there a difference in meaning between from the beginning and . . .
I think from the beginning puts a little more emphasis and focus on the significance of the beginning If you were talking about a business, perhaps "he" was there in the planning process and integral to starting the business Since the beginning places more emphasis on the intervening time period Again, if a business, perhaps "he" is the most
- List of expertise levels from beginner to expert
I would like to create a list of terms, from beginner to expert, using as many terms as possible which represent different levels of expertise I have constructed by myself: Newbie Novice Rookie
- 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] It's 10:00 o'clock, folks; let's get started [whenever we talk about a specific time, we rather use the word "start"]
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