Can A Sentence Be Started With"as Would..."?

[sandyRoe]

Or is it a clause that should follow a comma?

[Psybbo]

As a rule........

[dannyk13]

In some cases yes e.g As I was walking etc

[bookbinder]

If you start a sentence with "as would...", as in "As would Napoleon, if he were here..." that implies that something has gone before, which is being commented on here. Without a previous reference, "As would..." wouldn't make much sense.

[Psybbo]

Ah, I missed the point

[bookbinder]

A clause can sometimes follow a comma, although a comma can be used in a long sentence to show the reader where he might take a breath, without losing track of the long sentence's meaning. (As in my example, here!)

[Togo]

//As you can see, subordinating conjunctions can be placed at the start of a sentence with no breach of grammatical ‘rules’//

[Togo]

As would I.

[sandyRoe]

I thank you all for your helpful comments, as would most other ABers.

[stuey]

As would a blind person never attempt to climb Mount Everest, so an armless person would never attempt to swim the English Channel...Or is that too fabricated and cumbersome?

[DTCwordfan]

As in are you legless today, stuey? Surely it is too early for that.

[bookbinder]

I rather think, stuey, that your contribution might flow better like this: As a blind person would never attempt to...

[stuey]

Only 10:30am here; however, later on I shall have to celebrate the time change:)

[stuey]

It is a little "clumsy", bookbinder. But, I think it's passable.

[Prudie]

For Stuey, never say never :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Weihenmayer