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stexstme
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I do not agree with Zora ... Just for fun!
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26 Feb 2010
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libertybelle
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Missola - that is a contradiction:
I will read a short story and a play but I do not have time for both.
If you don �t have time for both, then you will/can only read one of them!!
Therefore the correct answer is:
I will either read a short story or a play, because I don �t have time for both.
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26 Feb 2010
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stexstme
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@Ishorton: You shouldn �t : SHe is a pain!!!
but a wonderful one, though ...  & one of best friends you could think of ! hugs,
Sylvie |
26 Feb 2010
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missola
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Dear friends:
I �m quite confused about the right answer.Miss Noor told me she has the two choices that she has written. What I know is that "but" has the contradiction meaning in it. this means that when I use but it has to contradict what comes before it. So if I use "or" in the first part, then I don �t need "but" in the second part because I already decided to read one. The second thing that confused me is the use of "both" because means that I can �t read both of them, but I have to read one. If the writer wanted to say he couldn �t read "both", he/she would have used "neither".
I need an explanation not just that native speakers say so. I don �t mean any offense to anyone but I live in the USA too and surrounded by native speakers. Again, I don �t mean any offense to anyone but I need a good explanation to the answer you choose. I can �t take grammatical things for granted because these things have rules that we have to follow.
Best regards
Ola |
26 Feb 2010
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miss noor
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thanks a lot dears.
It is a confusing sentence.
In fact, I have to choose only one sentenc of them.
By the way, I think these sentences both are not correct.
ooooh |
26 Feb 2010
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Zora
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Missola - All the "but" does is emphasize the idea. It can actually be omitted.
I will read a short story or a play, (but) I
do not have time for both.
PS:
Sylvie... I saw that!!! LOL 
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26 Feb 2010
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yanogator
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Yes, Zora, but you need a period after play (or at least a semi-colon) if you eliminate "but"
I will read a short story or a play. I do not have time for both.
Here �s a situation to explain that "or" is the correct choice.
Your class asks you to read a story and a play to them tomorrow. You explain that it will be impossible, but that you will read one or the other. You say, "I will read a short story or a play, but I do not have time for both." You can see that what "but" is contradicting is the request to read both. It doesn �t have to contradict something actually in the sentence.
I hope this helps.
Bruce
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26 Feb 2010
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