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Yulysess Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies

although / but

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01i01b00Oakland also held an informal talk with former St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz, 01font00although02font00 nothing came of that meeting.02b02i02br
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00Is it possible to restate this sentence like below?02br
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01i01b00Oakland also held an informal talk with former St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz, 01font00but02font00 nothing came of that meeting.02b02i02br
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00or is it possible to use "01font00but02font00" instead of "01font00although02font00" without changing the locations of clauses? If possible, is there any change in the meaning?02br
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00Thanks in advance !0-
  

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02br 02br 00Both sentences are grammatical. In the first sentence, there's an implication that something was expected to come of the meeting, but didn't. 02br 02br 00MrP0-

— MrPedantic

  • 02br 02br 00Both sentences are grammatical.
  • In the first sentence, there's an implication that something was expected to come of the meeting, but didn't.
  • 02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0Hello Yulysess, how are you?02br
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00Both sentences are grammatical. In the first sentence, there's an implication that something was expected to come of the meeting, but didn't. In the second, there 01i00may02i00 have been such an expectation; but it isn't expressed.02br
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00MrP0-
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0Thanks Mr. Pedantic,02br
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00then, what does 01b00"that"02b00 in the second clauses stand for in the first clauses? 02br
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00Are "01b00also an informal talk02b00" in the first clauses and "01b00that meeting02b00" in the second clauses the same thing?0-
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0Hello Yulysess02br
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00Yes, I'd take "that meeting" as a reference back to the "informal talk". The "that" acts here as a "pointer".02br
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00See you,02br
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00MrP0-
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