Is this sentence correct?
Is this sentence correct?

"Also, use of plastic money instead of real money gives the holder a useful record of all payments and expenditure."

I wonder that if the verb "use" can be put at the start of the sentence?

Thank you~

Question

Is this sentence correct?
Is this sentence correct?

"Also, use of plastic money instead of real money gives the holder a useful record of all payments and expenditure."

I wonder that if the verb "use" can be put at the start of the sentence?

Thank you~

Answer

"use" can be a verb or a noun.  It is a noun in this sentence.   We usually (but not always) put an article ("the" or "a") before "use" to indicate that it's a noun.   I would have written "Also, THE use of plastic money..."

Also, I should tell you that the verb "use" and the noun "use" sound differently when spoken.

Answer

Hey Dorothy.
I a not a native speaker, but I would say “the use of  the plastic money (plastic card? :-))”. “The use” (application; employment) in this case is not a verb, it’s a noun.

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