· Never start a sentence with “because”
o Seems like a fair enough rule. By starting with “because” you are continuing a statement from before. It is generally better to combine the sentence with the previous one to create a run-on sentence then to start a sentence with “because”.
· Try not to have to many run-on sentences
o For the most part I agree with this rule. There are definitely times when run-on sentences are needed (see above), having run-on sentence after run-on sentence is never a good idea. Shorter sentences make it easier for a reader to digest then a lot of run-on sentences.
· Do not have multiple sentences in a row start with the same word
o While I’m not sure this is technically a rule, I try to follow it whenever I can. If multiple sentences in a row start with the same word, it starts to sound more like bullet point presentation then a fluid paper.
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