Re: A sentence can't start with 'But'



Alan wrote:
>
> "Purl Gurl" wrote
> > My unless is you may begin a sentence with a conjunction when writing
> > causerie or song lyrics. Causerie is generic for prose, poetry and poems,
> > for this specific topic context.
>
> " . . . generic for prose, poetry and poems" indeed. I love this woman's
> idiosyncratic notions about the meanings of words ---- shall we take up a
> collection and buy the Poor Gurl a dictionary?
>
> P.S. I wonder why and how she distinguishes between "poems" and "poetry"?
>
"Poems" is shorter than "poetry".



--
He and Evie soon fell into a conversation of the "No, I didn't; yes, you
did" type--conversation which, though fascinating to those who are
engaged in it, neither desires nor deserves the attention of others.
-+E.M. Forster, "Howards End"
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