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Is it true that you should never start a sentence with because?

I remember my first-grade teacher strongly emphasizing this and jamming it into our brains but I still find that some sentences that follow up with the one that came before only sound good or come to mind with Because at the beginning.

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MartinII · 70-79, M

No. It depends what comes next. “Because I posted something on SW” is not a sentence. “Because I posted something on SW, people liked me” is a perfectly good sentence. I’m afraid your first-grade teacher didn’t understand syntax.

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

Yes, because you need an antecedent

Spoiledbrat · F

That is what I was taught but I think it's changed since then. I see it all the time.

WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M

Or “so”. Even though it’s very fashionable right now.

Dewkissedrose · 46-50, F

I teach math, not grammar. 🤷‍♀️

Spoiledbrat · F

We're not teachers. @Dewkissedrose

Dewkissedrose · 46-50, F

@Spoiledbrat it was semi-sarcasm.

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

Because it is possible to start a sentence with 'because', this is not true.

SW-User

Yes, its incorrect to start a sentence that way in grammatical terms, however it doesn't stop people on the Internet etc from doing it

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