
Originally Posted by
KukriKhan
Just a note about american english usage:
when a US writer uses the words "but" or "however", he is saying: 'all that went before 'but' or 'however' should be set aside; the following is what I think.' This enables the writer to hold 2 seemingly contradictory ideas at the same time. The reader is obliged to give some weight to the first part (but then set it aside, on viewing "however"), and then assign more weight to the 2nd part.
Not hypocrisy. Rather: common american english construction.
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