but
conjunction
uk
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/ us
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/A1
She's very hard-working but not very imaginative.
I'm sorry, but I think you're wrong when you say she did it deliberately.
Call me old-fashioned, but I like handwritten letters.
I can understand his unhappiness. But to attempt suicide!
"She said she's leaving." "But why?"
UK He said he hadn't been there, but then (= it is not surprising that) he would say that.
Grammar
but
preposition, conjunction
uk
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/ us
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/B1
except:
See also
Grammar
but
adverb
uk
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/ us
strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/