• acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    English isn’t my first language. I share your opinion regarding the license. Which connector would you use instead of “but” to indicate that you succeeded in your efforts even though it was harder you thought it would be?

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      1 month ago

      English is my only language, and yours looks fine to me. I thought it was pretty clear from the first comment that the “but” indicated success despite difficulties, and as you clarified that’s exactly what you meant.

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      1 month ago

      “and”

      If you study non violent communication, folks will say to avoid using “I agree with you, but”. Because as soon as you say " but ", people get defensive and stop listening to you.

      Whenever possible, replace “but” with “and” if the sentence still has the same meaning

      • pooberbee (any)@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        This was not a case of “I agree with you, but…”, though. “But” is perfectly appropriate here to contrast between the first statement and the second.