Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.

Jan 29, 2014 · It is perfectly all right to begin a sentence with a conjunction. It is a special form of emphasis, used to elevate a clause to a position of more influence and importance. I hold that …

Dec 12, 2014 · The main difference is in the etymology. 'Start' comes from Old High German; 'begin' is probably West Germanic. We also have 'commence' that came from French, and …

Dec 12, 2014 · It means "by the end of the first term that ends in that year." How late that might be depends on how the school year is broken into "terms". If there is a Fall Quarter, which ends …

Sep 26, 2011 · This also came up on either a BBC or CBC science program, but not as a linguistically-oriented discussion. Over the last two or three years I've noticed a lot more …

Nov 27, 2019 · One of my dissertation readers insisted on the rule. I've found it no bother to accommodate the guideline when asked - it's easy enough to find and replace all in a word …

Both dot-net and Java StringBuilder libraries, and probably comparable things in other libraries, have an "insert" function that allows you to insert a new string at an arbitrary place in a target …

Jan 16, 2011 · Is an indentation (Tab button in Word) needed for a new paragraph when you start one? I was told to do that a long time ago but 3 years after I stopped doing it and have done it …

Mar 11, 2013 · Can one use "Yet" at the beginning of a sentence as follows? Yet, he came late. Is this grammatical?

At the beginning of the century. In the beginning of the century. How to clearly distinguish when to use at, or in?