Usage experts have been advising people not to begin sentences with 'however' for at least a hundred years. Bury it between commas, or replace it with but or nevertheless. White, The Elements of Style , Fowler helpfully arranges his quibbles about the use of however into four main categories, addressing the issues of when however comes too early in a sentence, too late, and whether or not but however is redundant spoiler alert: he thinks it is.
The main thing about however that many people seem to remember is that there was some sort of issue with putting it at the beginning of a sentence. However, he still persisted in his care of him, and made him an offer of his Horse to carry him to the next Town, where he might have Conveniences for drying his Clothes, and getting some inward Refreshment. Oh, there is no accounting for the caprice of women.
However, I was talking about Miss Moore. Although there have been many restrictions proposed for how however is used, there has never been any strong agreement on them, and somehow we all appear to have muddled our way through communicating with each other using this word.
However may be used to begin a sentence, it can be used in conjunction with but , and you can place it pretty much anywhere you want in a sentence, so long as you do so with care. So pull on your boots of confidence and stop worrying about using however. There are better things in life on which to spend your time. Let them lie unspoken of, in his breast.
However distinctly or indistinctly he entertained these thoughts, he arrived at the conclusion, Let them be. Among the mighty store of wonderful chains that are for ever forging, day and night, in the vast iron-works of time and circumstance, there was one chain forged in the moment of that small conclusion, riveted to the foundations of heaven and earth, and gifted with invincible force to hold and drag.
Tom K. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden. Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. Logan Pearsall Smith. The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication. Raymond Chandler. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty.
The world belongs, however , to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Terry Pratchett, "The Truth. Her popular LinkedIn Learning courses help people write better to communicate better. Jump to Navigation. By Mignon Fogarty Grammar Girl. August 19, About the Author. Follow Facebook Linkedin Pinterest. Subscribe Podcast Spotify Google Stitcher.
You May Also Like It is perfectly acceptable to start a sentence with "however. Here are the options: I like oats. However, I cannot eat granola bars. This is the most common way of using "however. Using a semicolon is another common way of using "however. They quickly get annoying. I like oats. I cannot, however, eat granola bars. Moving your "however" farther down the sentence is another option. I like oats, however, I cannot eat granola bars.
Using a comma before "however" is not an option. This is called a run-on error. When "however" means nevertheless or but as in the examples above , it is followed with a comma.
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