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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wall but" is not correct and does not form a complete thought in written English.
It may be used in a context where a contrast or exception is being introduced, but it requires additional information to be meaningful.
Example: "There is a wall but it has a door."
Alternatives: "a barrier yet" or "a wall however".
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"I saw a picture of him on a wall, but was that all?
It's like a wall but the roles keep changing, the wall is not so concrete.
There are a piano and a guitar, leaning against a wall, but no sound system.
They made us stand near a wall, but they didn't enter the building.
We knew there was a wall, but what did it look like?
But excavations turned up not a wall, but a wide deep ditch cut into bedrock.
Sirens sent them scrambling to line up raggedly against a wall, but never for long.
When I get angry, I can walk through a wall, but I very seldom get angry".
Maybe by 4pm I'll hit a wall, but at the moment I feel brilliant".
"Women want to be thrown up against a wall but not truly endangered.
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Yes, Israel may build a wall -- but only on its own territory.
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