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Originally Posted by jospan  Hello,
I was wondering if you can begin a sentence with "When". I have not heard that it is grammatically incorrect to do so and am now in the final year of a Masters Degree. I have recently been told by an academic that I should never begin a sentence with When? Can anyone help us settle this query? Thanks, Jo |
Of course you can start a sentence with
when:
When are you going to leave on vacation?
When I arrive there, I`ll send you a postcard.
When the telephone rang, I was having a shower.
when - adverb:
at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?:
When are they to arrive?
When did the Roman Empire exist?
when - conjunction:
Whenever:
When the wind blows, all the doors rattle.
During the time at which; while:
When I was young, I was sick all the time.
when - Definitions from Dictionary.com