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Join the following sentences using 'but' as a preposition:
Tell everyone what happened. Don't tell Sally.
Join the following sentences using 'but' as a preposition:
Tell everyone what happened. Don't tell Sally.
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The correct option is B Tell everyone but Sally what happened.
We use but as an alternative to except (for), apart from and bar to introduce the only thing or person that the main part of the sentence does not include. It is often used after words such as everyone, nobody, anything, anywhere, all, no, none, any, every.
But is used as a preposition when we put a noun or pronoun after it.
Option B is correct. It means that the information can be told to all except for Sally. The noun phrase 'Sally what happened', which acts as the object of the preposition 'but', follows it.
Option A is incorrect because 'but' has been used as a conjunction.
Options C and D are irrelevant to the context.
We use but as an alternative to except (for), apart from and bar to introduce the only thing or person that the main part of the sentence does not include. It is often used after words such as everyone, nobody, anything, anywhere, all, no, none, any, every.
But is used as a preposition when we put a noun or pronoun after it.
Option B is correct. It means that the information can be told to all except for Sally. The noun phrase 'Sally what happened', which acts as the object of the preposition 'but', follows it.
Option A is incorrect because 'but' has been used as a conjunction.
Options C and D are irrelevant to the context.
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