Is there some stupid role that says you can't start a sentence with an adverb?

Surprisingly, you can, and it's called a disjunct.

She got rid of 'consequentially,' and I don't think it makes sense. :(

Also, the word 'so,' which also had a purpose... :( :(

What was your sentence (before she changed it)?

some stupid role? i would thank your editor.

"Consequentially, the y0ung singer started churning out more straightforward pop tracks with last year’s A Girl Like Me."

p.s. please shut the fuck up, lfam

but feel free to make more enlightening threads like this!

There's a difference between typos and cutting out whole words. Did she cut 'consequentially' entirely, or replace it with something like 'therefore'? Mind you, I completely overuse 'therefore' and 'thus' etc as starting words for sentences, and these things may be verboten to style guides, so I'm perhaps not the best judge.

no...got rid of it completely

"consequentially" is a fucking horrible word, though, anywhere in a sentence. i'd need more context, but i think i'd have rewritten that somehow.

but there's nothing wrong with adverbs (or conjunctions) starting sentences per se.

(just getting rid of it completely is stupid, though.)

Oh, wait, I am drunk, and seeing the sentence makes it mean something slightly different. I imagine the removal would make it make less sense, yes. Has it already gone out? If she doesn't like it then your best bet is asking to rephrase it, as you can create the same meaning without starting with an adverb there, I think.

I'm with GF, I can't imagine the context in which "consequentially" is the best word? Consequently? As a consequence/result?

(note, I'm not any form of editor, just a pedant when it suits me)

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Haha, is for Exeposé?

fwiw, I think consequentially is a little overboard here.

"Consequentially" doesn't mean what you think it means -- it denotes something done in a manner that's significant, important, weighty, of consequence.

What you want is something more like "As a result, ..."

it's five syllables of distraction

that too

haha...you're all correct. It should have been consequently. I'm an idiot. She is, too?

Either way, it's in print. It doesn't read well. etc. Thx.

As for general rules, yes, there is such a thing as a "sentence adverb" or "disjuct" where an adverb modifies the entire sentence: "Amusingly enough, they never found the place!"

Some old-school sticklers object to this, based (presumably) on the notion that adverbs should be directly modifying verbs, not whole clauses, and that using them as "sentence adverbs" can create slippage and confusion and kill off old uses: "Hopefully we will find it" commonly means "I hope we will find it," but might traditionally mean "We will find it in a hopeful manner/style."

i remember learning that when i was a kid - it was in a babysitters club book

Ja, nabisco, that's what I realised when I read the sentence - I was thinking of 'consequentially' as a 'therefore' equivalent, but it is not. However, one can get the context fairly well from that sentence, and I can't imagine it saying even nearly what it wants to with a word completely missing.

Curiously, I like sentence adverbs.

Yeah, without the adverb, it's just a statement in its own right without a link to whatever the sentence was that came before.

without the adverb

(or a replacement for the adverb, if you prefer)

Also, the word 'so,' which also had a purpose... :( :(

This is often seen as too informal.

this thread definitely appeals to my nerdy side

In which case, you really want this thread ( ATTN: Copyeditors and Grammar Fiends) for all your grammatical nerdy needs.

I think I'd have scrapped consequentially, too. I mean, did you really precede the sentence with the reason why she started putting out more straightforward pop tracks? Sometimes less is more. Also, if you get sensitive about every little precious word, even throw-away words like "consequentially", you'll be getting irked at editors a LOT.