[78-L] Grammatically incorrect

[David Lennick]

Who was it who used to begin his stand-up comedy routine by staring at the 
audience and then uttering "Nevertheless"?

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
>> As a writer and editor, I am bound by the rules of the Chicago Manual of 
>> Style, which is the house rule book for the company I work for. Certain 
>> things are relaxed a bit, however, such as ending a sentence in a 
>> preposition. I'm allowed to do that.
>>
>> However, you should never start a sentence with "however." I fall off the 
>> wagon sometimes.
>>
> "However" should, in theory, start a new clause...and thus be preceded by a 
> semicolon!
> However, if the second clause is too long, making the opening sentence 
> rather unwieldy,
> the only practical option is to make it into another sentence...which 
> rationally begins with
> "However!"
> 
> Readers will note that this post serves as a "horrible example?!"
> 
> However, they probably WON'T?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
>