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Fandar Coli Posted 9 years ago
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Can I write, 'Police helped me but for a bribe.'
What I want to mean is police helped me only when I bribed him.
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Fandar Coli police helped me only when I bribed him You want this: The police officer helped me, but only after I paid him a bribe . ' No. This isn't very good.
- Fandar Coli police helped me only when I bribed him You want this: The police officer helped me, but only after I paid him a bribe .
- ' No.
- This isn't very good.
- The expression 'but for' doesn't work well in this sentence.
- See my suggestion above.
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Fandar Colipolice helped me only when I bribed him
You want this:
The police officer helped me, but only after I paid him a bribe.
Fandar ColiCan I write, 'Police helped me but for a bribe.'
No. This isn't very good. The expression 'but for' doesn't work well in this sentence. See m
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