but

[Anonymous]

when you've finished your optimum number of hours you must stop. You must not then sit around in the chair thinking about the work- that only tires without any learning. You must get out and do something. It doesn't matter what - anything so long as you are actively doing something else but work.


What word could replace but in the last sentence?

 

[Francois]

except?

FRC

 

[twostep]

except?

FRC

yes

 

[Ahmed88]

when you've finished your optimum number of hours you must stop. You must not then sit around in the chair thinking about the work- that only tires without any learning. You must get out and do something. It doesn't matter what - anything so long as you are actively doing something else but work.


What word could replace but in the last sentence?

other than, otherwise than

Regards

 

[Tdol]

'Other than', yes, but I'm not that keen on the second suggestion. :lol:

 

[Ahmed88]

'Other than', yes, but I'm not that keen on the second suggestion. :lol:

Hi TDOL
But= 2 (prec. by can etc.; in neg. or interrog.) except, other than, otherwise than (cannot choose but do it; what could we do but run?). Oxford Dic. :idea:

Regards

 

[Tdol]

I said I didn'tlike it much because it is a rather dated form not much used nowadays. It is in dictionaries and can be found occasionally, but it is not used much. ;-)

 

[Tdol]

Check these examples from the British National Corpus:
http://thetis.bl.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=otherwise than

(BTW- youcan get a list of examples of a word or phrase like this from the Word Checker on the site.

From the contexts, you'll see that they are not really the same style as the original post. I didn't say it was wrong, just that I wasn't keen on it. ;-)

 

[Ahmed88]

OK TDOL.
I have got it
Many thanks