can you start a sentence with because and if not what are some alternatives?

Question

I'm stuck in writing a paper and would like some imput.

Please

Answer 1

Because some people do not employ "because" properly is no reason to believe that its proper employment at the beginning of a sentence is impossible.

Answer 2

If the sentence is in this form you CAN start it with "because":
EX. Because I didn't know the answer, I asked a question on Yahoo.
If you want to do that with a sentence, it MUST make a full sentence if you rearrange it. If the above example was in the following form, it would look like this:
EX. I asked a question on Yahoo because I didn't know the answer.
All of the words are still there. They are just rearranged. The first sentence structure is used only to vary the sentence structure of the piece. ANY SENTENCE IN EITHER OF THESE FORMS CAN BE REARRANGED INTO THE OTHER FORM. If your sentence cannot, it is either a fragment or it doesn't make sense.
If your sentence looks like the example below, you cannot use it. It is a fragment. Fragment is as follows:
EX. Because I didn't know the answer.
The preceeding "sentence" (actually not a sentence) is a fragment because it does NOT have a subject. "I didn't know the answer" is a sentence, but NOT "BECAUSE I didn't know the answer."

Answer 3

You can start a sentence with because, but you have to be very precise. You do not want to just say: Because I went to school today. Rather than just saying that (meaning, it's a fragment). You would want to say something like this: Because I went to school all day, I am going to be very tired tonight. All sentences must have a subject verb agreement. Have fun!

Answer 4

You can it's not to much but relatively complicated and usually frowned upon. You could try other words maybe some strong tranistions other than first, second , or last. It reall depends on what the sentence is about and wether you're trying to connect it with another sentence. Try using a thesaurus and a dictionary while you write it helps alot.

Answer 5

You can start a sentence with "because." Thats just something 5th grade English teachers tell you. If you don't want to use "because" you could always switch around the sentence. For example, "Because I am only 19, I cannot legally go to a bar." to "I cannot legally go to a bar because I am only 19."

Answer 6

A favorite rule of schoolteachers (but curiously absent from the tradition of usage commentary) is that a sentence must not begin with 'because'. Sometimes, however, 'because' is perfectly appropriate as the opening word of a sentence, as in the beginning of one of Emily Dickinson's best-known poems: "Because I could not stop for Death—He kindly stopped for me." In fact, sentences beginning with 'because' are quite common in written English. · Another rule states that one should not use a clause beginning with 'because' as the subject of a sentence, as in (Just because he thinks it a good idea doesn't mean it's a good idea.) This construction is perfectly acceptable, but it carries a colloquial flavor and may best be reserved for informal situations.

Answer 7

I think that you can. Here's an example: Because of global warming, we should all takes steps to alleviate the problem. The same sentence can be restated: We should all take steps to alleviate the problem because of global warming.

Answer 8

As long as you have a noun and verb, it's perfectly fine. That's one of those things they teach us in grade school because they think we're too dumb to know what parts of speech are.

Answer 9

Try starting a sentence with 'Due to....'

Answer 10

'Because' can be used the same as 'due to'.

Because of the bad weather, I stayed inside.
Due to the bad weather, I stayed inside.