Many people fear to start any sentence with "because" because they have been told by a well-meaning teacher to "never start a sentence with because." Well, forget that. The problem is not starting a sentence with the "b" word, but rather writing a fragment with it. The following is a fragment:
X Because I told you so.
That is not a sentence; it's a subordinate clause (rough definition: half a sentence). Here is a complete sentence that starts with because:
OK Because I told you so, you had better clean up your mess right now!
Here are two other examples, one incorrect and one correct:
X Because no one in their right mind would ever attempt to do something like that.
OK Because no one tried, no one knew if it was possible.
Notice that even though the first example is long, it is still a fragment. The second example, although shorter, is a complete sentence. Click spotting sentence fragments to find fragments in your work.
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