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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
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“and” or “but”?
“and” or “but”?
1) Never waste anything,but above all never waste time.
2) Maybe it was because he was listening to the radio, but he didn’t notice the dark object in the road until it was too late.
The second seems not to be logical to me.
1) Never waste anything,but above all never waste time.
2) Maybe it was because he was listening to the radio, but he didn’t notice the dark object in the road until it was too late.
The second seems not to be logical to me.
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Hello I think that here the ‘but’ is used as a conjunction to introduce the next phrase meaning ‘for whatever reason’. It might have been because he was listening to the radio that he didn’t see the object-but anyway / but for any other reason – he didn’t see it. LouiseT
- Hello I think that here the ‘but’ is used as a conjunction to introduce the next phrase meaning ‘for whatever reason’.
- It might have been because he was listening to the radio that he didn’t see the object-but anyway / but for any other reason – he didn’t see it.
- LouiseT
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Hello
I think that here the ‘but’ is used as a conjunction to introduce the next phrase meaning ‘for whatever reason’. It might have been because he was listening to the radio that he didn’t see the object-but anyway / but for any other reason – he didn’t see it.
LouiseT
I think that here the ‘but’ is used as a conjunction to introduce the next phrase meaning ‘for whatever reason’. It might have been because he was listening to the radio that he didn’t see the object-but anyway / but for any other reason – he didn’t see it.
LouiseT
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