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HifaMo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

X doesn't happen all at once but gradually.

X doesn't happen all at once but in three stages.

Is the above sentence correct?

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According to me, it looks fine. X doesn't happen all at once, but in three stages.

  • According to me, it looks fine.
  • X doesn't happen all at once, but in three stages.
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According to me, it looks fine.

X doesn't happen all at once, but in three stages.
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Yes, that makes sense, but put a comma between 'once' and 'but' .

X doesn't happen all at once, but in three stages.

If you wanted to emphasize the point more emphatically you could say:

X doesn't happen all at once, it happens in three stages.

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