[Lyngbakr]

And don't even think about starting a sentence with 'and'.

I think we're taught rules like this to prevent us developing bad habits at the outset. Then, once we have more experience, we know when it's okay to break the rules.

[scubbo]

One of my partners' favourite schooltime memories is of a teacher boldly proclaiming:

> "Me" can never be the first word of a sentence

[kevin_thibedeau]

It's academics trying to make English follow Latin grammar.