A bit of fun here: Language Log � Does God want you to use more initial conjunctions?:
evidence came from a sample consisting of the first 80 verses of Genesis in the original Hebrew and in the King James translation.
The serious point here is the precariousness of prescriptive linguistics. Remember folks, the most you can say is that particular locutions do or don't find acceptability within particular linguistic communities and may have certain connotations un/favourable to the user. They aren't incorrect if they are spoken by a native speaker who regards them as well-formed. -Oh and I don't mean a native speaker whose ability to assess hasn't been compromised by the acceptance of the oppressive prognostications of the grammar police.
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