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Peterchan Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"but"

I love this forum, here is my q's:

She was found gulity of manslaughter not murder, or

She was found gulity of manslaughter BUT not murder?

It seems they both are correct? Thx.
  

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In my opinion, they're both correct. I'd use a comma in the first one. It would be appropriate in a situation in which you're correcting someone's erroneous opinion.

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  • In my opinion, they're both correct.
  • I'd use a comma in the first one.
  • It would be appropriate in a situation in which you're correcting someone's erroneous opinion.
  • The second one would be more appropriate when both results are possible.
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peterchanShe was found gulity of manslaughter not murder, or

She was found gulity of manslaughter BUT not murder?In my opinion, they're both correct.

I'd use a comma in the first one.
It would be appropriate in a situation in which you're correcting someone's erroneous opinion.

The second one would be more appropriate when both results ar
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