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Hello.
Please help me out, English speakers.
I want to begin my sentence with "For", used as a coordinating conjunction. Is it legit?
For example, the sentence [ I am fat, for I really into bagels ] does make sense to me, but what about [For I really into bagels, I am fat ]?
Or any other similar sentence with two clauses:
A is ..., for B is this and that
For B is this and that, A is ....
FYI, I've found and read this funny post on the topic:
https://www.quora.com/Can-you-start-a-sentence-with-for
and I tried to read this very long and probably very useful post:
http://wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22493&sid=37cf1f2047138...
But I still would like to hear what natives are thinking on this subject.
Thank you.
For to admire an' for to see,
For to be'old this world so wide --
It never done no good to me,
But I can't drop it if I tried!
RK
For I am really into....- would be the correct way of saying it.
Thank you, I really like when you do that, my comments are always given priority over thousands of Rus-Eng translations asking (in vain) for proof-reading.
Conjunction (literary) Because, as, since (similar to: given that, seeing that etc.)
I guess this question can be closed now.
Thank you all for this interesting discussion about my typo, it was really useful.
I just happened to see it. No offense, but I spent less than 15 min here and certainly did not mean any offense…
I don't think so, 42. "For" as a conjunction which introduces a subordinate of reason must come AFTER the main clause.
I'm fat for I'm into bagels.
If you want a subordinate to precede the main clause it must be "since", "as" or a couple of other conjunctions/linkers
Since/As I'm into bagels I'm fat.
My advice. Use 'as' - it's totally universal wherever it were in a sentence.