What's Hiding in Your But?

Issue #6 of the Two But Rule

Here’s a way not to apply the two-but rule. Your colleague says, “Let’s go left,” and you say:

“But I don’t want to go left…but we could go right instead!”

This doesn’t help with momentum-thinking, though it is useful, in a way. The first-but doesn’t tell your colleague much. Just that you’re opposed to going left. The second-but, at least, reveals your …