A few days ago
Can been be used for the start of a sentence?
Can been be used for the start of a sentence?
Please help i need 3 examples. Thanks
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A few days ago
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If you want to be grammatically correct, you cannot use “been” in the beginning of a sentence. What my English teacher always told me was that you can only make those grammatical errors if you have a purpose, and that purpose is clear. An example of that would be if you were writing a dialogue and that sentence was a quote. Hope this helps!
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5 years ago
I am no grammar teacher, but the word “and” when used to add a point can be used to begin a sentence in the following manner if followed by a comma (though it doesn’t hurt to double check with an English teacher just to be sure). Last week was a nightmare. My car broke down. My fish died. And, a package I ordered did not arrive arrive. Some other phrases you can use as well as “and” to add a point are: Also, Plus, Still, Too, moreover, Besides, Note, when using these words to start a sentence to add a point, you always use a comma after them. Hope that’s helpful.
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A few days ago
“Been” cannot be used to start a sentence in grammtically-correct English. In casual everyday “talk” among people, it often is used at the beginning of a sentence & that is Ok when you’re just talking in general.
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A few days ago
In formal English, probably not. The previous answerers gave you two examples I might have gone with. Still, this is basically slang or informal English (a good author might use this in a top-rated novel, but your English teacher would reject it as ungrammatical).
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A few days ago
No. Not unless it’s a fragment or part of dialogue.
“How are you?” — “Been doin’ good.”
But in formal writing, it can’t begin a sentence.
You could say something like:
Having been sitting in the sun all day, Mark decided he’d tanned enough.
But that’s as close as I could get.
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A few days ago
I don’t think sentences can start off with “been”.
You can use :
It has been…
There has not often been…
Good luck
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A few days ago
Not in proper grammar, no. In Ebonics and street thug slang, sure.
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A few days ago
Sure. “Been to the pub lately?” But I wouldn’t use it anywhere other than in colloquial dialogue.
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A few days ago
I’ll give you one: Been there, done it.
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A few days ago
i dont know.
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