count me among the chagrinned who grew up watching the School House Rock piece about conjunctions. Drives me batty to see sentences start with and and but when there is absolutely no need or benefit to doing so. I even see David Brooks do it. It's just fucking lazy. There are many synonyms for the words, or make it two sentences or just drop the conjunction from the second sentence and see that the meaning is not changed. https://medium.com/technical-excellence/writers-please-dont-catch-conjunctivitis-and-spread-pink-eye-to-your-readers-refrain-from-1b987562ad1