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Restore the but, and I like your version much better than the original. "Highlighting this causality does not serve to vindicate Aurangzeb or ... Forums Dictionarysearch: English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. not......butrather Threadstarter Microctg Startdate Jan10,2016 M Microctg SeniorMember India Ihavealittlebitconfusionwiththefollowingsentenceforthestructure`not.....butrather'. Ihavegiventhecontextbelowforbetterunderstanding: ''Aurangzeb,thesixthMughalEmperor(r.1658-1707)inIndia,generallyorderedtemplesdemolishedintheaftermathofpoliticalrebellionsortoforestallfutureuprisings.HighlightingthiscausalitydoesnotservetovindicateAurangzeborjustifyhisactionsbutrathertoexplainwhyhetargetedselecttempleswhileleavingmostuntouched.''(ParaNo-07)Source:ItisHighTimetoDiscardthePerniciousMythofIndia’sMedievalMuslim'Villains' ButthenItriedtounderstandmyselfbyrephrasingthesentence.YetI'mnotsureofit: "HighlightingthiscausalitydoesnotservetovindicateAurangzeborjustifyhisactions,rather(orbut?)servestoexplainwhyhetargetedselecttempleswhileleavingmostuntouched." Ismyparaphrasingcorrectforproperunderstanding?Cananyonehereplshelpme? Lastedited:Jan10,2016 RM1(SS) SeniorMember Connecticut English-US(Midwest) Restorethebut,andIlikeyourversionmuchbetterthantheoriginal. "HighlightingthiscausalitydoesnotservetovindicateAurangzeborjustifyhisactions,butratherservestoexplainwhyhetargetedselecttempleswhileleavingmostuntouched." M Microctg SeniorMember India RM1(SS)said: Restorethebut,andIlikeyourversionmuchbetterthantheoriginal. "HighlightingthiscausalitydoesnotservetovindicateAurangzeborjustifyhisactions,butratherservestoexplainwhyhetargetedselecttempleswhileleavingmostuntouched." Clicktoexpand... thankyoueverso. Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top
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