So you’re wondering whether you can begin sentences with “and,” “so,” “but,” and “because”? Because you remember some grammar snob telling you it’s wrong? And you’re dreading a long, painful grammatical analysis of the matter? But, trouper that you are, you opened to this chapter anyway?
Yes, you can begin sentences with “and,” “so,” “but,” and “because.”
Because the Chicago Manual of Style, Lapsing into a Comma, Garner’s Modern American Usage, and countless other experts all support sometimes starting sentences with conjunctions, you can do so with confidence.
So there.