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Palabra Posted 8 years ago
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But?

Can you please explain the meaning of "but" here?

At 11:48

it is frequent to feel low energy levels falling surgery and anesthesia it is important to mix activities with some rest as needed but to get out of bed each day and get dressed

  

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It is frequent to feel low energy levels following surgery and anesthesia . I t is important to mix activities with some rest as needed , but to get out of bed each day and get dressed if possible. "but" is possibly intended to contrast "get out of bed" with "some rest".

  • It is frequent to feel low energy levels following surgery and anesthesia .
  • I t is important to mix activities with some rest as needed , but to get out of bed each day and get dressed if possible.
  • "but" is possibly intended to contrast "get out of bed" with "some rest".
  • However, because the first part mentions both activities and rest, it is debatable whether contrastive "but" is the best choice.
  • "and" might have been chosen instead.
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It is frequent to feel low energy levels following surgery and anesthesia. It is important to mix activities with some rest as needed, but to get out of bed each day and get dressed if possible.

"but" is possibly intended to contrast "get out of bed" with "some rest". However, because the first part mentions both activities and rest, it is debata

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