When do you use but as a preposition?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

When 'but' is used as a preposition, it means that same as 'except'... for instance 'I bought all the clothes but the pants'.

Normally, 'but' is a conjunction.

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∙ 15y ago

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