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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
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Kindly explain this

0The city set up a shelter at an elementary school, but American Red Cross spokeswoman Courtney Johnson said 01font00all but one of02font00 the families 01font00was02font00 able to find a place to stay with friends or relatives.02br
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00Does "but" mean "except" here? 0-
  

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01cite10Creativeguru12cite10Does "but" mean "except" here?12blockquote
10Yes 0-
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0 Yess02br
00but means except 02br
00So, the sentence means: All the families were able to find a place to stay with friends or relatives Except for one family 0-
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0 Indeed, 01i00were02i00 not 01i00was02i0-
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0We are talking about one family so I think 'was' is appropriate and then is it necessary to use 'was not' but i think that is understandable through sentence. Kindly correct me if I am wrong0-
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0 I see 02br
00all familieS were able0-
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