They can be used to join together two clauses in a sentence. However, the clauses need to make sense on their own. For example: I had a terrible cold. I still went to work. You can add the ...

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 ...

Here is a query from a reader. Sanjay Saralaya writes: “Can one start a sentence with words and phrase such as ‘as’, ‘because’ and ‘due to’? Is it correct to say ‘As I was unwell, I could not attend ...

The landlord refused to respond to inquiries. Because he said he needed to talk to his lawyer. When told the phrase beginning with “Because” was a sentence fragment, the student objected: But you said ...