Too subjective to call it wrong

Lisa D.B1Kwiziq community member

In this quiz question (Elia no va a empezar el curso este año ________ va a tener un año sabático.) it seems to me that "pero" works just as well as "sino que". It doesn't seem to be a clear distinction between pero and sino que - it seems they both can be right. In one sense, you are adding a new idea/action of taking a sabbatical & should use pero, or you can think of the sabbatical as a substitution for beginning classes and use sino que. Why is sino que "correct" and pero ïncorrect"?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Difference between pero, sino and sino que in Spanish (but) "

Asked 3 years ago

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Lisa

It's true that it can be a bit ambiguous in that case, so we've added a hint to clarify that it's seen as a "substitution". I hope that helps.

Gracias y saludos

Inma

Like13 years ago

Lisa D. asked:

too subjective to call it wrong

In this quiz question (Elia no va a empezar el curso este año ________ va a tener un año sabático.) it seems to me that "pero" works just as well as "sino que". It doesn't seem to be a clear distinction between pero and sino que - it seems they both can be right. In one sense, you are adding a new idea/action of taking a sabbatical & should use pero, or you can think of the sabbatical as a substitution for beginning classes and use sino que. Why is sino que "correct" and pero ïncorrect"?

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