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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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0It can work one-on-one but but within two months, this new development in hearing is not quite as good as spectacles for seeing, but still a great breakthrough.02br
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00Is the usage but but ok? Please advise.0-
  

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0The sentence as a whole has some problems (I'm not sure what is being expressed here).02br
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00'but but' is incorrect. I can't think of any normal contexts where you would use it.0-
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0Yes, it looks like a clumsy edit to me.02br
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00You could use two buts if the second one meant "except for", e.g.02br
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001. Cécile doesn't do a bad job; but but for her charming accent, she would have been sacked long ago.02br
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00It might sound a little odd, though.02br
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0Indeed it might.0-
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