[Grammar] Is there anything wrong to start a sentence with "So yes"

[DANAU]

Hi,

Is there anything wrong to start a sentence with "So yes"?

There is no urgency to have the parcel arrive by this month. So yes, you can wait to ship out next week.

 

[Rover_KE]

Is there anything wrong [STRIKE]to start[/STRIKE] with starting a sentence with "So yes"? No.

There is no urgency to have the parcel arrive by this month. So yes, you can wait to ship out next week.

However, both of those sentences need work.

 

[DANAU]

However, both of those sentences need work.

Hi Rover_KE

I have made the corrections, hope they are right.

There is no urgency to have the parcel arrived by this month. So yes, you can wait to ship out the parcel next week.

 

[emsr2d2]

The whole first sentence needs rewriting.

There is no [urgent] need for the parcel to arrive by the end of this month. So yes, you can wait and ship it next week.

 

[DANAU]

The whole first sentence needs rewriting.

There is no [urgent] need for the parcel to arrive by the end of this month. So yes, you can wait and ship it next week.

Hi emsr2d2,

In my sentence, "to have" is an auxiliary verb so there has to be a subject to be placed in front. Therefore, my sentence "there is no urgency to have..." cannot form a proper phrase. As for your sentence, "for the parcel to arrive", it is in the proper form with the subject "parcel" being placed before the verb "to arrive". Have I understood correctly ?

 

[jutfrank]

In my sentence, "to have" is an auxiliary verb

No, it isn't.

... so there has to be a subject to be placed in front. Therefore, my sentence "there is no urgency to have..." cannot form a proper phrase. As for your sentence, "for the parcel to arrive", it is in the proper form with the subject "parcel" being placed before the verb "to arrive". Have I understood correctly ?

I don't quite follow what you mean, but no, you haven't understood correctly.

 

[DANAU]

No, it isn't.



I don't quite follow what you mean, but no, you haven't understood correctly.

Hi jutfrank,

I am trying to understand what is wrong with my sentence structure "There is no urgency to have the parcel arrived by this month"
which emsr2d2 has changed to "There is no [urgent] need for the parcel to arrive by the end of this month".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Just a little note: Americans are likely to put a comma after your conjunction So, because yes is a dependent clause and you have a comma on the other side of it.

It's fine either way. You'll find that the British are more likely than Americans to leave out commas where sentences will be clearly understood without them.