'And still" vs "but still"

[thehammer]

Which one is grammatical? Still always seem go together with both and and but. However I want to know the difference in meaning.

1- He has a good job, but still he never seems to have any money.

2- He has a good job, and still he never seems to have any money.

 

[Tarheel]

"He has a good job, but he never seems to have any money" is a perfectly good sentence. Adding either phrase in bold would just confuse things.

 

[5jj]

You need to differentiate the words you are discussing from your question:

Still always seems to go together with both and and but. However, I want to know the difference in meaning.
'Still' always seems to go together with both 'and' and 'but'. However, I want to know the difference in meaning.

 

[Barque]

"Still" always seems to go together with both "and" and "but". However I want to know the difference in meaning.

Thehammer, From the examples you used, I believe this is what you meant. If you don't put the words you ask about in quotes (or italics), it can be difficult to follow.

Your sentences mean the same thing. Since the word "still" is used to mean "in spite of that", it doesn't matter whether you use "and" or "but".

But as Tarheel said, it might be simpler to just use "but" in this case, without "still".

"Still" doesn't always go with "but" or "and". I can think of examples where "still" can be used without either "but" or "and".

 

[Tarheel]

@thehammer Use "but" to contradict in some way what came before. (See below.)

He has a good job, but he never seems to have any money.

Or:

He has a good job. However, he never has any money.

Or:

He has a good job. I don't understand why he never has any money.

Use "and" to indicate that you are providing additional information. (It would not work in the sentence in question.)