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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2019 7:04 AM, Lieven L. Litaer
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cite="mid:144cec8f-a421-ea71-6c46-840c71daabf4@gmx.de">Am
29.05.2019 um 11:10 schrieb De'vID:
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<blockquote type="cite">I ask because {'ej} is a sentence
conjunction, and there's no known
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instance of such a thing *starting* a sentence.
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Also in English (and other languages) it does not count as good
style
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starting a sentence with "and."
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<p>Depends on the register in which you're writing. In Biblical
style it's quite common. Before literacy was common, people who
could read would read aloud for the benefit of those who could
not. Using a prominent conjunction at the beginning of a sentence
was meant to be an audible cue that you were starting a new
sentence.</p>
<p>The rule "don't start a sentence with a conjunction" is about as
valid as "don't split infinitives."</p>
<p>We do have canonical Klingon of conjunctions starting sentences.</p>
<p><b>'ach HoD, Hevetlh wIghoSchugh veH tIn wI'el maH'e'</b> (ST5)</p>
<p><b>yIghIr qeylIS yIghIr<br>
betleHlIj yI'uch<br>
'IwlIj DevtaHjaj</b></p>
<p><b>'ej pum qeylIS<br>
pumtaH HurghtaH<br>
pumtaH HurghtaH</b> <i>(paq'batlh)</i><br>
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