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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

and /but

Hi
I think this is a proverb.
Man proposes but God disposes.
Can we consider and in place of but here?
  

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vsuresh Can we use " and " in place of " but " here? According to Google, and is more than twice as common in this expression, so I don’t see why not.

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  • vsuresh Can we use " and " in place of " but " here?
  • According to Google, and is more than twice as common in this expression, so I don’t see why not.
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vsureshCan we use "and" in place of "but" here?
According to Google, and is more than twice as common in this expression, so I don’t see why not.
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I see one Italian poet from the 1500s who used and instead of the original but. Here’s a quote (click for source):

“Man proposes, and *** disposes.”?Ludovico Ariosto
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