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  1. Is there a difference in meaning between "from the beginning" and ...

    11 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 …

  2. orthography - Why are names that begin with "Mc" first in order over ...

    Why is it that in lists of people’s names, surnames beginning with Mc are listed before surnames beginning with Ma? For example, if a book had a bibliography listing its references, we would see t...

  3. Is it acceptable to start a sentence with “however”?

    The prior sentence seems relevant, however, some people are beginning to doubt this. Otherwise, why not remove the however so the sentence is concise - some people are beginning to doubt this.

  4. If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?

    One generally does not place an ellipsis at the beginning of a quotation to indicate the omission of material, because it is usually evident (as in your example) that the quotation is only part of the original.

  5. conjunctions - Are "should" and "if" interchangeable at the beginning ...

    Are "should" and "if" interchangeable at the beginning of a sentence? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 7 months ago Modified 11 years, 8 months ago

  6. "At the beginning of the century" or "in the beginning of the century"?

    The beginning of the century is a period of time which is short compared to the century but rather long otherwise; Some people may use this phrase to mean the first decade or even longer. I might say "At …

  7. 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] .

  8. When a sentence starts with "e.g.", should the e be capitalized?

    24 Yes. For example is capitalized at the beginning of a sentence, so is its Latin equivalent exempli gratia, and so is its abbreviated form e.g.

  9. word choice - "Start" vs. "begin", "finish" vs. "end" - English ...

    23 I am not a native speaker and I have came up with a problem of using start vs. beginning. Which one is more proper to indicate a date (year)? For example: The year in which physiotherapy treatment …

  10. Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a ...

    But, trademarks beginning with a one-letter lowercase prefix pronounced as a separate letter do not need to be capitalized if the second letter is capitalized. Ultimately, the Wikipedia Manual of Style …