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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

BUT--different function

This may be way out in left, but what if we danced around in the rain to keep ourselves entertained?

Is this use of but an example of one of but's less frequent functions? Can someone explain how it works? Is it reduced from something perhaps?

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Possibly something like this: This may be way out if left field, but even if it is, what if we ... but even so; but nevertheless Similarly, I may be wrong, but ... You may not believe me, but ...

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  • Possibly something like this: This may be way out if left field, but even if it is, what if we ...
  • but even so; but nevertheless Similarly, I may be wrong, but ...
  • You may not believe me, but ...
  • This may surprise you, but ...
  • You probably won't agree with me about this, but ...
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Possibly something like this:

This may be way out if left field, but even if it is, what if we ...

but even so; but nevertheless

Similarly,

I may be wrong, but ...
You may not believe me, but ...
This may surprise you, but ...
You probably won't agree with me about this, but ...
I know I'm not the fir
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