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but1
conjunction
1 contrary to expectation She fell down but didn't hurt herself .
2 in contrast You've been to Spain but I haven't .
3 other than You can't do anything but wait .
4 used to emphasize the word that follows it Nobody, but nobody, must go in there .
preposition except They are all here but him .
adverb only I can but try .
noun an objection or doubt no buts about it too many ifs and buts .
[Anglo-Saxon butan , meaning -outside of- or -without-, from be by + utan out]
but for were it not for; without I couldn't have managed but for your help .
but that rather formal or old use were it not that; except that There seemed no explanation but that he had done it .
conjunction
1 contrary to expectation She fell down but didn't hurt herself .
2 in contrast You've been to Spain but I haven't .
3 other than You can't do anything but wait .
4 used to emphasize the word that follows it Nobody, but nobody, must go in there .
preposition except They are all here but him .
adverb only I can but try .
noun an objection or doubt no buts about it too many ifs and buts .
[Anglo-Saxon butan , meaning -outside of- or -without-, from be by + utan out]
but for were it not for; without I couldn't have managed but for your help .
but that rather formal or old use were it not that; except that There seemed no explanation but that he had done it .
but Although it is sometimes regarded as poor style, it is not ungrammatical to begin a sentence with but. Indeed, many writers have done so with considerable effect. It is also common in conversation and in forms of English in which a looser grammatical structure is appropriate. |
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