Re: A sentence can't start with 'But'

On 31 Dec 2005 21:48:56 +0100, "Bill Bonde ('Soli Deo Gloria')"
<Pablo.Neruda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I was once told that "but yet" shouldn't be used because it was
>"redundant". I didn't and still don't buy that claim, although I'm not
>sure I can explain what "but yet" gives you that "but" or "yet" alone
>don't. It might just be a mild mauve to each seperate singlet's black or
>white.

I see a difference. "But yet..." is usually followed by something
that means "Even though this is so, we continue to...". The "yet"
adds the meaning that something is done that we wouldn't expect to
done. "But" alone doesn't have that meaning.


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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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