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Pritesh prit Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is but required here?

Even though she had the sudden urge to go to his side, but she changed her mind.
  

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pritesh prit Even though she had the sudden urge to go to his side, but she changed her mind. "but" connects two independent clauses. "even though" creates a subordinate (dependent) clause; therefore, the sentence does not have two independent clauses; it has a dependent clause and an independent clause.

— CalifJim

  • pritesh prit Even though she had the sudden urge to go to his side, but she changed her mind.
  • "but" connects two independent clauses.
  • "even though" creates a subordinate (dependent) clause; therefore, the sentence does not have two independent clauses; it has a dependent clause and an independent clause.
  • So "but" is wrong, and it must be removed.
  • CJ
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pritesh prit Even though she had the sudden urge to go to his side, but she changed her mind.
"but" connects two independent clauses. "even though" creates a subordinate (dependent) clause; therefore, the sentence does not have two independent clauses; it has a dependent clause and an independent clause. So "but" is wrong, and it must be removed.

CJ
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Thanks for the explanation with answer.
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