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Â· just now. Report Abuse. It is commonly known NEVER to use And at the beginning of a sentence. The use of Also to start, should not happen as you know, but it is often used even by the media, and with this world of slang and incorrect pronounciation, it is a little more acceptable.It is better if you can help retain the correct usage of the English language though.he main disagreement against using 'and' or a conjunction to start a sentence is the fear it will lead to a sentence fragment. And, the Cretaceous period. (FRAGMENT) We all fall into writing habits and traps.
This is an easy rule to remember: if you use a complete sentence to introduce a quotation, you need a colon after the sentence. Be careful not to confuse a colon (:) with a semicolon (;) . Using a comma in this situation will most likely create a comma splice, one of the serious sentence-boundary errors. Rule 1: Complete sentence : quotation. (If you use a complete sentence to introduce a quotation, use a colon (:) just before the quotation.). 2  Rule 2: Someone says, quotation. (If the word just before the quotation is a verb indicating someone uttering the quoted words, use a comma.