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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Why is "but" used here?

she was only another lady in the neighborhood, but a relatively benign presence.
  

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Hard to tell for sure without more context, but presumably the other neighborhood ladies were not very benign presences.

  • Hard to tell for sure without more context, but presumably the other neighborhood ladies were not very benign presences.
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Hard to tell for sure without more context, but presumably the other neighborhood ladies were not very benign presences.

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