My doubt arised on looking this question “The importance of Magna Carta lies not in its ____ provisions, but in its broad impact.” its answer is SPECIFIC
I understand the answer why it is specific based on usage/block of 4 but I wanna clear gaps in my application of math strategy
So, the sentence before “but” should be a contrast to the sentence that comes after “but”. Here, I get confused because the first sentence says “not in its specific” on rephrasing it means its not small I. E., big. So, the sentence 2 is also saying the same thing but shouldn’t it be otherwise? Like when but is present shouldn’t sentences contrast each other? Here in this example they both say same.
I agree with answer “specific” but I am just missing some logic here. Why is word contrast happening here instead of idea contrast?
My rephrased question looks like this after replacing “not in its specific” with word “big”
The importance of this bill is in big provisions, but in broader impact.
Edit1: this paradox is killing me, not able to continue my prep, kinda feels like breathless
but and in fact cancel out each other, comma acts as division word wich is support
But is contrast and division word and in fact is just for emphasis, then we arrive at same situation as that of my question where contrast word is present but still ideas on either side are same
I believe there is some basic rule playing out which decides when word contrast happens or else I am completely wrong, I am not sure though
Division word or rather division character here is comma. Comma here undermines the functionality of but.
If instance, if you say “I am very zealous but today i feel lethargic.” And then there is something you could say like, “the media blames the incident not on big issues, but on smaller ones”.
Hope this makes it more clear. Reach me out at sciencenerd1609@gmail.com if you still need clarification
A small doubt like do we have any corroboration on this comma undermining but or we decided it based on observing how it acts in other scenarios? For now the latter is the only thing that makes sense, but just that Greg always said(at least I remember) n classes that whenever there’s a comma and negative indicator its always negative division word that says contrast like I remember clearly Greg saying with example
before but we don’t have limited, it’s just the blank that is limited. There’s a modifier not. So, our doubt was like if but is contrast then exactly like you said either side of but sentences should be contrast. However, to the left of but, we have wording as not in its limited which if we rephrase simply means broader or big. So, Sentence 1 is technically saying the same thing as Sentence 2 which is after but ie., both are saying about broader as in Sentence 1, not of specific means == broader like negative of minus one is positive one as in -(-1) = +1
I am confused that why but is contrasting just the blank word but not the whole idea of phrase. If at all we say contrast is with blanks, then Why are we excluding not in determining logic for contrast? Whenever but is present shouldn’t the before and after sentences contrast each other? Here they are saying the same. Like @sciencenerd1609 said we were like comma is taking precedence in these cases
, I just pick support and contrast and that’s it.