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[tkacka15]

"I am many things but not a gambler" [Jürgen Klopp.]

May the above sentence be an equivalent to "I am many things but a gambler"?

Thank you.

 

[Tdol]

Not to me.

 

[tkacka15]

Not to me.

Thank you, Tdol, for the reply.

My understanding is that the difference between two sentences is rather grammatical than lexical one.

I understand it like that: in the "I am many things but not a gambler" but is a coordinating conjunction, sort of - "I am many things but [I'm] not a gambler" whereas in the "I am many things but a gambler" but is a preposition.

Am I right?

 

[Tdol]

The problem for me is that the second doesn't work as it stands for that meaning. Others may see things differently.