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I certainly don't disagree with the preceding, zashibis, but the OP's first sentence didn't meet either of these definitions.
Nonsense. The OP's first sentence contrasts the two (passive) verbs "reviewed" and "deemed." This is a completely grammatical, utterly unexceptionable usage of but in all registers of English.
The only "problem" with but is that (as Vinny pointed out) for consistency's sake he should have used the same conjunction in all three sentences, as there is the subtle difference in meaning I pointed out in #14.
i just wanted to add that i stumbled across sentence 1. in an english speaking newspaper that is published in Dubai, and found the sentence structure somewhat unusual and unexpected, and then questioned my knowledge of the english language, hence the post/question.
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"However, even more commonly, those two ideas may be contained in a single compound sentence joining two independent clauses. Likewise, but can be used to show contrast between two verbs, two adverbs, or two adjectives within a single clause."I certainly don't disagree with the preceding, zashibis, but the OP's first sentence didn't meet either of these definitions.
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I certainly don't disagree with the preceding, zashibis, but the OP's first sentence didn't meet either of these definitions.
Nonsense. The OP's first sentence contrasts the two (passive) verbs "reviewed" and "deemed." This is a completely grammatical, utterly unexceptionable usage of but in all registers of English.
The only "problem" with but is that (as Vinny pointed out) for consistency's sake he should have used the same conjunction in all three sentences, as there is the subtle difference in meaning I pointed out in #14.
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thanks a lot for your contributions.i just wanted to add that i stumbled across sentence 1. in an english speaking newspaper that is published in Dubai, and found the sentence structure somewhat unusual and unexpected, and then questioned my knowledge of the english language, hence the post/question.
