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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

But Vs yet

Cricket is fun, yet it's complicated.

Does it sound natural and grammatically correct?

Can we use but in place of yet in the above? What would be the change in meaning if we had used but?

What is the main difference between but and yet?

  

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Jigneshbharati Does it sound natural and grammatically correct? It sounds better the other way around. " In other words, it is so complicated that you might be surprised to learn that it is fun nevertheless.

  • Jigneshbharati Does it sound natural and grammatically correct?
  • It sounds better the other way around.
  • " In other words, it is so complicated that you might be surprised to learn that it is fun nevertheless.
  • The reverse idea does not go so well, that it is so fun that you might be surprised to learn that it is complicated.
  • "Yet" makes the contrast than "but" does.
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JigneshbharatiDoes it sound natural and grammatically correct?

It sounds better the other way around. "Cricket is complicated, yet it's fun." In other words, it is so complicated that you might be surprised to learn that it is fun nevertheless. The reverse idea does not go so well, that it is so fun that you might be surprised to learn that it is complicate

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