I still don’t understand why “all but” means (almost) “only”
Idk if I’m stupid but to me it would mean the same as “everything but” which would imply that something that’s “all but [Thing]” is very explicitly NOT [Thing], but something that’s “all but gone” is very nearly gone
Why? How? Whuh? H ????? Hhuhhh???hhh?g?h
victoria wrote (edited )
ok now that I’ve typed that out it kind of makes sense in my head but not in a logically consistent way. I guess it could mean that the object has experienced everything except for fully disappearing, which means that there only thing left for it to do is to be gone.. but it doesn’t mesh with the other meaning of all but which is the exact opposite