On 26 Nov 2005 21:11:42 -0800, "SwordAngel" <swordangel@gmail.com>
managed to type:
>Hello,
>Would anybody know the difference between the correct usage of "but
>not" and that of "and not"?
>
>Which of the following sentence would be more correct, under what
>circumstances?
>
>1. ""I did this but not that.
>2. "I did this and not that."
>
>This problem has been bugging me since elementary schools, when an
>English teacher told me using "but not" in my sentence was wrong and I
>failed to capture her explanation.
>
>Cheers,
>SwordAngel
"I did this but not that." sounds like two things have been done -
you're only owning up to one of them
"I did this and not that." Sounds like you had a choice and decided
one course of action over the other. (But then so could the "but"
example.)
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