Not starting a sentence with "but", not ending a sentence with a preposition, not splitting an infinitive, and many others are artificial rules in English. The got their start in Victorian times when the emerging middle class wanted to distinguish itself from the working class. It is generally safe to ignore these particular rules if the sentence sounds better violating the rule.
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From: Derryck Croker
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] First PCB
On 12 Jan 2007, at 17:46, Terry Owens wrote:
> But (grammar; starting a sentence with 'But')
Used in the right circumstances it is OK.
> Being British myself, I find it offensive when someone from my
> country criticises the colonials in their use of English, when they
> patently cannot use it themselves. See corrections above.
It gets harder and harder to spell and punctuate when there are so
many mistakes made - even leaving aside the country differences.
> What has this to do with printed circuit board making?
Quite a lot really. Can change the meaning of a sentence.
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Cheers
Derryck
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