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Vocabulary

Connotation of "but"

Hello,

May I paraphrase them this way?

I don’t need any help, but it was kind of you to offer.
= I don’t need any help, but I need you that are for making so kind of offering instead.

Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it.
= Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is a shame instead.hank

Thank you for your help.
  

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I don’t need any help, but it was kind of you to offer. = I don’t need any help , and thank you for making so kind an offer. -- No.

— Mister Micawber

  • I don’t need any help, but it was kind of you to offer.
  • = I don’t need any help , and thank you for making so kind an offer.
  • -- No.
  • 'need' is completely wrong.
  • Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it.
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I don’t need any help, but it was kind of you to offer.
= I don’t need any help, and thank you for making so kind an offer.-- No. 'need' is completely wrong.

Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it.
= Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is a shame instead.-- OK
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Hello,

Thanks a lot MM.
Your remedy to open my another eye.
#2, the statement behind is in regard to instead, and the two are in being a shame or not, so the "but" means "instead".

#1, the statement behind is on the other hand.
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Yes, and yes, but note that instead = on the other hand.
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A, but B instead.------B in the stead of A ------B attending on / invading a place to replace A.

A, but on the other hand B.-------A and B are independent view and they can not be replaced each other.
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No, those are just some of the various uses of the words.
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