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Hieu N Posted 13 years ago
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BUT or AND
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was quoted saying "There aren't a lot of bridges between us and Google, but we are aligned with their open philosophy." My question is should "and" be used instead of "but" for proper understanding about his positive toward Google?
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No, he said that they do not have bridges between them. To signal that they do agree about something he needs to use but. ".
- No, he said that they do not have bridges between them.
- To signal that they do agree about something he needs to use but.
- ".
- "But" is a contrast in this sentence.
- "and" is following the same sentiment of a negative which he did not want to do because they do agree about philosophy.
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No, he said that they do not have bridges between them. To signal that they do agree about something he needs to use but. If he had said there ARE a lot of bridges between them then he would have used "and we are aligned...".
"But" is a contrast in this sentence. "and" is following the same sentiment of a negative which he did not want to do because they do agree about philosophy.
"But" is a contrast in this sentence. "and" is following the same sentiment of a negative which he did not want to do because they do agree about philosophy.
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Hieu N Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was quoted saying "There aren't a lot of bridges between us and Google, but we are aligned with their open philosophy." My question is should "and" be used instead of "but" for proper understanding about his positive toward Google?'but' is correct.
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