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First part of some sentences are negative and after ''But'' second part is positive. Eg: a)''The ending of the war is not a cause for ... 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. isnot.....,but...... Threadstarter ullas84 Startdate Oct16,2018 ullas84 SeniorMember turkish Firstpartofsomesentencesarenegativeandafter''But''secondpartispositive. Eg: a)''Theendingofthewarisnotacauseforcelebration,butratherforregretthatiteverhappened.'' İsnotthissentencesupposedtobe? b)''Theendingofthewarisnotacauseforcelebration,butratherisacauseforregretthatiteverhappened.'' Becausethepartofthesentencebefore''but''hasanegativity(isnot).ifIdontadd''isacause''tothesecondpart,Ithinknegativity(isnot)inthefirst partbefore''but''effectsthesecondpartofthesentenceandgivesitameaninglike;(..........butratherisnotforregretthat.......) Question1) shouldIadd''isacause''tothesecondpartafter''but''asinsentenceb? Question2) Doesnegativity''not''effectthesecondpartofthesentenceorjust''is''effectthesecondpartofthesentence?   entangledbank SeniorMember London English-South-EastEngland 'But'and'rather'bothmakethecontrastwith'not'.Whateverfollowsthemisnotaffectedbythenegative: Sheisnottallbutshort. Idon'twantcoffee,Iwouldratherhavetea. Yoursentenceomitstheimpliedrepetitionof'acause',butthatandthepositivemeaningincontrasttothefirstpartarebothunderstood.Itwouldnotbewrongtoadd'is',butitisnotneeded.   F Franco-filly SeniorMember SouthernEngland English-SouthernEngland Thisausualformat.Seethis:FromLongmanDictionaryofContemporary"not..butrather..".usedtosaythatonethingisnottruebutadifferentthingistrueTheproblemisnottheirlackoffunding,butrathertheirlackofplanning. [Ifbothstatementswerenegative,wewoulduse"neitherXXXisacause....norYYY]   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top