Timeline for Semantic Opposition of 'But': Are These Unlike Constituents Viable Opposites?
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| Mar 27 at 19:57 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'The Sydney Opera House is great, but the Cathedral in Barcelona is some kind of miracle' shows, I'd say, a different emphasis again: a second statement trumping the first. And again, 'We were hungry, but all the restaurants were closed' has a covert contrastive ('and we looked around for somewhere to eat'). | |
| Mar 27 at 17:35 | history | edited | MJ Ada | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Updated quote to more accurately reflect the text.
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| Mar 27 at 17:26 | vote | accept | MJ Ada | ||
| Mar 27 at 17:25 | history | answered | MJ Ada | CC BY-SA 4.0 |