COmma before "BUT"

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mmslf75: Legendary Member; Posts: 503; Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:53 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 31 times

by mmslf75 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:36 am

What does comma before "BUT" and No comma before "BUT" imply.
Please explain with respect to below mentioned sentence

If the building's contractor does not agree to repair the damages caused during renovation, we maybe have no choice, but to bring a lawsuit.

we maybe have no choice, but to
it may be we have no choice but to
we maybe have no choice but to
we may have no choice, but to
we may have no choice but to

OA : E[/spoiler]

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gmatv09: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 256; Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:31 pm; Thanked: 3 times

by gmatv09 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:09 am

is it becoz ... the sentence is of the form x but y

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