Hi, there.
I am proof-reading some paper, and there is one (admittedly minor) point that has caught my attention. The sentence in question pretty much goes like
Searching the internet, I have found some very nice pages about the whole "while"/"whereas" issue. While it was nowhere stated explicitly that starting a sentence with "Whereas" was wrong, it was not done so in any of the example sentences.
Thanks to anyone who can clear up the situation a bit. (Though I apologise for bothering you all with this stupidly unimportant question.)
I am proof-reading some paper, and there is one (admittedly minor) point that has caught my attention. The sentence in question pretty much goes like
I am not happy about the position of the word "whereas". I would rather move it to right after the comma. Alternatively, I can imagine to exchange "Whereas" with "While".Whereas the results do not change significantly, the overall quality improves.
Searching the internet, I have found some very nice pages about the whole "while"/"whereas" issue. While it was nowhere stated explicitly that starting a sentence with "Whereas" was wrong, it was not done so in any of the example sentences.
Thanks to anyone who can clear up the situation a bit. (Though I apologise for bothering you all with this stupidly unimportant question.)