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"But" and "And" may be used interchangeably in certain context.
http://primaryresourcecentre.myfreeforum.org/index.php?component=content&topicid=12083
"And" can be used when you want to add on something positive or something that you do do
"I had chocolate and I had cake" or "I wanted to go to the cinema and so I did" whereas "but" is more negative
"I had chocolate but I did not have cake" or "I wanted to go to the cinema but it was closed"
Cats purr but dogs don't.
Cats purr but dogs bark. (emphasis on difference on the sound)
Cats purr and dogs bark. (emphasis on similarity of them both making noise)
An interesting thought.
http://r2blog.com/tag/and/
One is inclusive (and) and the other is “sort of” exclusive (but)
I guess that is a difference. On the other hand, I’m the one who declared the two as inclusive and exclusive conjunctions. As far as I know, there’s no formal designation of inclusive and exclusive applied to 'and' and 'but'. OK, so what’s the point?
The point is, I think "but" forces us to think in such a way that we pay little attention to what comes before the but. I realize that I use many sentences with the word but. And indeed, what I write before the but, isn’t usually as important to the thought being portrayed in the sentence, as that which follows the but. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pay attention to what is before but; it means we should know that without what follows the but, the sentence is an incomplete thought.
So, why is using 'and' friendlier than using 'but'? I think it has to do with and including what proceeds it, as compare to but, which seems to exclude what precedes it and directs your attention to what follows. I guess we could call this a big “but” problem!
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