commence
[ kuh-mens ]
/ kəˈmɛns /
verb (used with or without object), com·menced, com·menc·ing.
to begin; start.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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commence
/ (kəˈmɛns) /
verb
to start or begin; come or cause to come into being, operation, etc
Derived forms of commence
commencer, nounWord Origin for commence
C14: from Old French comencer, from Vulgar Latin cominitiāre (unattested), from Latin com- (intensive) + initiāre to begin, from initium a beginning
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