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Discover LudwigThe phrase "marginal but" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to introduce a point that is of minor importance or relevance, while also indicating a contrasting idea. Example: "The results were marginal but still indicated a slight improvement in performance."
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I thought it marginal, but not outrageous.
It was a marginal but palpably correct decision.
So technologies may become marginal, but they rarely go extinct.
Annual changes are often marginal, but they can mount up over the years.
The benefits for most of us will be marginal, but there are huge rewards in it for global corporations.
His influence on us has sometimes been marginal, but more often it has been peripheral - or nil.
Angle is a curious political commodity: she seems marginal but always does better than people expect her to.
A French coach called him "un marginal," but his sense of apartness was a source of strength.
They may thrive on being marginal, but this risks pushing right to the fringes of the system.
He described the charges as fabrications by a "marginal but influential group that wields considerable power in political circles".
The difference has been marginal, but Wisconsin is included as a battleground state much more often than Oregon.
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