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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Why "but"?
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This sentence seems a bit odd to my sense of a sentence concerning harmony. I mean I don’t see why there is “but” as a conjunctions in this context. The sense before and after “but” is same. How come this kind of sentence is possible?
Thanks in advance.
Sybil had to use tortuous reasoning to persuade herself that it was really all right to shoplift, but after a bit of mental gymnastics she was able to accomplish the task.
This sentence seems a bit odd to my sense of a sentence concerning harmony. I mean I don’t see why there is “but” as a conjunctions in this context. The sense before and after “but” is same. How come this kind of sentence is possible?
Thanks in advance.
Sybil had to use tortuous reasoning to persuade herself that it was really all right to shoplift, but after a bit of mental gymnastics she was able to accomplish the task.
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That's exactly how you should use "but", to connect two contrasting ideas. Sybil didn't feel right about shoplifting, but she did it anyway.
- That's exactly how you should use "but", to connect two contrasting ideas.
- Sybil didn't feel right about shoplifting, but she did it anyway.
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That's exactly how you should use "but", to connect two contrasting ideas.
Sybil didn't feel right about shoplifting, but she did it anyway.
Sybil didn't feel right about shoplifting, but she did it anyway.
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