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Gaju327
2 February

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How is different between below sentences?

•Everyone I know likes the smell of bacon - even Mike does “and” he’s a vegetarian.

•Everyone I know ~ bacon - even Mike does “but” he’s a vegetarian.

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newenglandgenie
2 February

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The first is correct
I don’t understand your second sentence.

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jimpjorps
2 February

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"Even Mike does but he's a vegetarian" doesn't make sense here.

You'd use "but" to add the context for an exception that we would expect to have. For example:

Everyone I know likes the smell of bacon -- well, Jessica doesn't, but that's because she has a pet pig.

However, Mike is not an exception. He likes the smell, even though someone may think a vegetarian would not like it. "And" adds the context that we need to know why it's unexpected.

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Gaju327
2 February

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understand
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