Is the sentence structure right?

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Creativeguru  #510367  Tue, 06 May 08 01:37 PM

Only 5% of our students are placed after completion of their training!

 

Because 95% are placed before

completion of the training.

 

  
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Grammar Geek  #510370  Tue, 06 May 08 01:41 PM

It's okay, but starting the second sentence with a "Because" makes it informal.

  
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Creativeguru  #510377  Tue, 06 May 08 02:03 PM

how about 'as' instead of 'because'

  
Jackson6612  #510393  Tue, 06 May 08 02:43 PM
How about:
since instead of because
  
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Grammar Geek  #510396  Tue, 06 May 08 03:02 PM

"Because" is an accepted, albeit informal, way to start a sentence. Using either "as" or "since" will NOT work as the start of a new sentence.

  
Jackson6612  #510399  Tue, 06 May 08 03:06 PM
Thank you, GG.
  
Anonymous  #510424  Tue, 06 May 08 03:37 PM
How about:

 

"The other 95% are placed before completion of the training."

 

E.G.

  
Cool Breeze  #510432  Tue, 06 May 08 04:02 PM
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How about:

 

"The other 95% are placed before completion of the training."

 

Fine, because you now have a main clause. There is nothing wrong with beginning a sentence with because, since or  as as long as you have a main clause as well. Otherwise, strictly speaking, you don't have a sentence since because, since and as are subordinate conjunctions, beginning subordinate clauses. A subordinate clause cannot constitute a sentence.

An example of a sentence beginning with these conjuntions:

Because/since/as I didn't know his number, I couldn't call him. = I couldn't call him because/since/as I didn't know his number.

In informal style grammatical considerations are often cast aside in all languages, and using because without a main clause is very common:

"Why didn't you call him?"

"Because I didn't know his number."

 Since and as would be just as "grammatical" as because in the above sentence but they just aren't used.

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Jackson6612  #510450  Tue, 06 May 08 04:27 PM
Thank you for the explanation, CB.
  
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