What difference between yet - but

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Hi I want to ask you about what difference between for-since
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Where ---------- Marry go to school before she came to home?
did - does - do
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Blue Jay · Accepted Answer

I believe this should be Where did Marry go to school before she came to home?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

AnonymousWhere ---------- Marry go to school before she came to home?

Hint: came is past tense. Her trip to school was earlier in time.

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymousdifference between for-since

for {a period of time} like 'two months', 'a day', '10 years', three weeks', 'a long time'
since {a point in time} like 'January 6', 'my last birthday', 'the end of the war', 'Tuesday', 'last November'

Anonymousdifference between but - yet

but usually shows a more direct contrast.

I am tall, but Jake is short.

yet usually adds something unexpected, so it can have a meaning like "even so".

Everyone was sure that Brian would win the race; yet he lost.

There are other uses for both but and yet. Consult a dictionary for more information.

CJ

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