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12 March, 10:06

In which one of the following sentences is but used as a preposition? In which one of the following sentences is but used as a preposition?

A. The lake is pretty, but it's too cold for swimming.

B. I would like to return to Italy, but I have no money.

C. I wanted to leave, but I was embarrassed to do so.

D. We discovered that Candy will do anything but work

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  1. 12 March, 13:39
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    The sentence in which the word but is used as a preposition is the last one - D. We discovered that Candy will do anything but work.

    Here, the word but can be replaced with another preposition - except.

    In all of the other sentences, but is used as a conjunction.
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