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Wangqh2696122 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

" but" or "and"?



"So what do you do?" he asked. "Well, we work for ourselves, we run a software company", I replied. "Oh really! that's awesome! I work for xyz company, ____ you know I always wanted to get into animation design and work for myself. It was my dream. I got stuck in the wrong industry"

A. and B. but

The answer is but here. What does it mean? Can we use and here?
  

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'but' is used to suggest contrast, and if you look at this sentence carefully, this sentence, indeed, demands contrast. I used to love playing cricket, but I ended up becoming a soccer star. In your sentence, xyz is, probably, not an animation industry, and therefore isn't the one the speaker wanted to get in; Therefore, he says "I'm in xyz, but you know what * I wanted to do something else *" I don't think we can use and here; 'and' wouldn't suffice.

— Karansardana

  • 'but' is used to suggest contrast, and if you look at this sentence carefully, this sentence, indeed, demands contrast.
  • I used to love playing cricket, but I ended up becoming a soccer star.
  • In your sentence, xyz is, probably, not an animation industry, and therefore isn't the one the speaker wanted to get in; Therefore, he says "I'm in xyz, but you know what * I wanted to do something else *" I don't think we can use and here; 'and' wouldn't suffice.
  • 'And' generally supplies additional information(no contrast implied).
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'but' is used to suggest contrast, and if you look at this sentence carefully, this sentence, indeed, demands contrast.

I used to love playing cricket, but I ended up becoming a soccer star.

In your sentence, xyz is, probably, not an animation industry, and therefore isn't the one the speaker wanted to get in; Therefore, he says "I'm in xyz, but you know what *I wanted to do
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