9.6.1.5 But
Use this domain for words indicating a contrast between two thoughts that are different in some way.
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(1) What words indicate that someone wants to do something, but is not able to do it?
Example words: but, however
I want to do something, <but> can't do it.; I tried to do something, <but> couldn't do it.; I promised to do something, <but> didn't do it.
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(2) What words indicate that something seems to be true, but is not true?
Example words: but, however
Something seems to be true, <but> isn't true.
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(3) What words indicate that something is true in spite of facts or problems that make it seem unlikely?
Example words: but, yet, still, nevertheless, even so, anyway, all the same, in spite of this, despite this, for all that, though, although
This is true, <but> that is also true.; This is true, <although> that is also true.
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(4) What words indicate that an opinion is different than the opinion you have just given?
Example words: but, however, on the other hand, at the same time, having said that, mind you
I think this is true, <but> I also think that is true.
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(5) What words indicate that something is true of one person or thing, but not true of another?
Example words: but, however, whereas, while, by contrast, conversely
Something is true of this person, <but> not true of that person.
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(6) What words indicate that although one person or thing is similar to another, there is a difference between them?
Example words: but, only, except, except for the fact that
I am like you, <but> we are different in this way.
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(7) What words indicate that something could happen, but something else prevented it from happening?
Example words: but, only, except
I could have done this, <but> you stopped me from doing it.
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(8) What words indicate that the opposite of something is true?
Example words: on the contrary, contrary to, in contrast, as opposed to