Is it correct to start a sentence with a conjunction? Here is a query from a reader of this column. Sanjay Saralaya writes, “Can one start a sentence with words and phrases such as as, because and due ...

Write the sentences down on paper and underline all the conjunctions you can see. I want to play on the roundabout and on the swings. My brother wanted to have spaghetti for tea but I wanted pizza.

Conjunctions join together two different, but related, parts of a sentence. They can be words like 'and', 'but', 'if', 'when', and 'because'. For example: I like swimming and she likes dancing.

I’ve never been to a “con.” What I mean by this, of course, is a major “convention” (unless you count the Southern Baptist Convention back in 2004, but that’s a story for a different column). I’m ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

A Melbourne scientist has used some unexpected spare time to study the misuse of the word "however". The study was recently published in Cambridge University's journal English Today. Its author, ...