The children want to play outside but it's raining. I saw the above sentence in the YouTube video about the conjunctions "but". It says the two ideas are opposing. How two ideas are opposing in the context? I learn that but is used to connect a negative and positive ideas. For example, I want to become a teacher but I can't afford the fees.
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it's raining is a reason that they can't play outside. Clive
— Clive
it's raining is a reason that they can't play outside.
Clive
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