What is your favorite word in order to start a sentence?

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   ocfirefliesposted 10 years ago

   What is your favorite word in order to start a sentence?
   
   "Imagine" is one of my favorite words in order to start a sentence.  Do you have a favorite word?  If so, what is it?

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   ARUN KANTIposted 10 years ago

   'When'  is one of the favorite words I use to begin a sentence.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Arun Kanti,
      Thank you for answering my question.  "When" is certainly a good place to start.

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   Theater girlposted 10 years ago

   I don't know if it is a favorite exactly, but "seriously?" is the way I seem to start most sentences these days!

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for responding.  In this day and time with so many pushing the envelope, "Seriously?" seems very appropriate.

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      Theater girlposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I am not so young....but I spend my time with children, so perhaps that is it! Smiles as well!

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   FatFreddysCatposted 10 years ago

   I can't say I've ever thought about it. I would imagine it would be either "Dude".... or something unprintable.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for responding.  You make me think that you must be a young person.  I had a student who used "Dude" a lot.  Just for fun, I would challenge him to include "Dudettes" as well.  Smiles.

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      FatFreddysCatposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not as young as you think... I'm just a relic of the 80s, from whence "Dude" came. Dude.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I did not realize "Dude" came into use in the 80s. Cool.

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   duffsmomposted 10 years ago

   I have a bad habit of beginning a lot of sentences with "Actually..."  Not sure why.
   
   And if I plan to explain something, I usually start with, "Bear with me for a moment, we are going into left field..." meaning I am going to explain something by starting with something that may not immediately seem relevant but if they stick with me we will come back around and the whole thing will make sense.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for responding.  I think writers like to take their audiences on a journey.  "Bear with me..." seems like a good place to start.

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   Kevin Peterposted 10 years ago

   I can't give a direct answer to this question as it is a bit confusing. I usually start sentences with words such as "Please", "Actually", "As you know", "I think..." etc. It depends upon the circumstance. But the word I use quiet often is "I think...". But I don't think that they are my favourite words.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for answering my question.  I agree that the circumstances dictate how we start a sentence.  I suppose when I asked the question I was thinking in terms of creative writing.

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   M. T. Dremerposted 10 years ago

   I actually start most of my sentences with the character's name. "John went to the store. John saw Sally at the store. Sally said hello." It's incredibly distracting when it happens over and over again. A lot of my editing is just cutting out repetition.

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      ocfirefliesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Great response.  Who is a good place to start.  And from my experience with editing, repetition is always on the cutting board, unless of course, one is using the repetition intentionally.  RE:  "I have a dream..."

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   raluamposted 10 years ago

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