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The top 50 places for quality of life in the UK revealed – but does your area feature?

mirror.co.uk, December 16, 2017

In this context, ‘but’ is a conjunction (a joining word) which introduces a phrase or clause contrasting with what has gone before. An example would be ‘most of the children were boys, but a few were girls’. I am increasingly seeing ‘but’ used in this meaningless way.  You don’t need any conjunction. ‘The top 50 places for quality of life in the UK revealed – does your area feature?’ is fine.

 

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