Timeline for Semantic Opposition of 'But': Are These Unlike Constituents Viable Opposites?
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| Mar 23 at 16:31 | comment | added | Greybeard | Yes but fundamentally, the contrast is by exception, recategorisation, removal, etc. | |
| Mar 23 at 16:24 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Simply, 'but' can show contrast between complete statements in independent clauses: << [The Sydney Opera House is great], but the Cathedral in Barcelona is some kind of miracle]. >> A is good but B is [even] better. | |
| Mar 22 at 14:13 | history | answered | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |