butとandの件。
読書が好きな女の子が,図書館のボランティアで絵本を書き始めたというストーリーの流れ。
I like reading books, but I found it was interesting to write a book, too.
I like reading books, but I thought it was interesting to write a book, too.
ネイティブコメント:
‘But’ denotes a contrast.
If it is a bit surprising that the person likes writing books as well as reading them, we’d use ‘but’: “Not only do I like reading books, but I also like writing them.”
If it is not particularly surprising, we use ‘and’:
“I like reading books and I also like writing books” = “I like reading and writing books.”
If the sentence reads, “I found” we naturally understand that it was a pleasant surprise.
Accordingly, ‘but’ is correct.
If the sentence reads “I thought,” we are not obliged to use ‘but’.
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