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Message: [QUOTE="Beth, post: 1462251"] "But" being in an opposing clause form ("sondern") in this instance, of course, that "otherwise" means roughly "in the case of everything else that has not yet been covered" (no overlap permitted with "sondern"...otherwise, the "aber" form _can_ potentially overlap because the clause is not meant to be opposing...merely additional :)... That's the Sage's first mistake...he thinks he can be highly pedantical with precise logic and still use the English language...indeed, poor guy...he has no idea just how much of a mess his secondary tongue can be (well, it just can't be his mother tongue with the awful, pathetic use he makes of it...if it _is_ his mother tongue, then he should immediately sue his schools and teachers which left him with such a serious mental disadvantage, as this level of miseducation is nigh-on criminal ;)... Beth :) [/QUOTE]