Explain what would a linguist say about beginning a sentence

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Question: "But" is a coordinating conjunction. We use it to contrast two contrasting ideas: "Television is a wonderful escape, but it interferes with my writing."

However, in conversations or informal writing, we often see people use "but" at the beginning of a sentence: "But that's not fair!"

Explain what would a linguist say about beginning a sentence with a conjunction if s/he took a prescriptive approach. Then explain what would a linguist say if s/he believed in the descriptive approach.

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