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From: Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com>
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Subject: Re: "but not" vs "and not"
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In article <1133068302.923279.214520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"SwordAngel" <swordangel@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
"I did A, but not B" means "I did A, and you might EXPECT that means I
went on to do B, but I did not."
"I did A, and not B" means, more simply, "I did A, and I did not do B",
with not much further implication about expectations.
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