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I never understood this cliché. Half a sentence is invalidated by a conjunction? We can't have two contrasting clauses in a single sentence?

• chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  While I think breck's phrasing is a bit overstated, and sometimes you really do want to have two contrasting clauses in a single sentence, their statement was (I presume intentionally!) self-illustrating: > I respect your comment but you can ignore the left half of any but comment. "I respect your comment, but..." isn't doing any meaningful work in this sentence; it's not contrasting anything, it's just introducing the actual point: "You can ignore the left half of any 'but' comment." You don't really lose anything by taking out the left half.
  • breck 6y ago
    I'm ripping off GRRM (https://athimbleful.tumblr.com/post/177567274245/everything-before-the-word-but https://athimbleful.tumblr.com/post/177567274245/everything-...)
    • furr 6y ago
      we know