Verbal Ability - Selecting Words - Discussion

There is no meaning in this answer (but).

Hey guys don't get baffled.
Answer is "but", which we can use to differentiate two opinions and two statements.
In the the question Paths of glory is different from To the grave.
Hope you guys got my point?

Straight or directly sounds proper,either 1 of it should be correct...

Yea, the answer should either be 'straight' or 'directly' i cannot agree with answer given above.

Anyway we have to accept it since 'but' is used in the actual poem.

I agree with joseph.. poets imagination will be different, they wont go with english grammer.. According to me correct answer should be "straight".

Nothing exactly suits the given question.. it is now the probability that plays major part in deciding the answer about which gives a meaningful sentence .

The paths of glory lead but to the grave ... it could be 'leads to the grave excluding but' ..

straight to the grave...!
directly to the grave ...! doesn't make much sense than using leads itself which is there in the question itself..

So its noW the part BUT , the conjunction that makes the two ends meet ..it doesn't change the quality of the sentence.. but--> adds little more efforts though.

Ya it should be straight. But doesn't fit over here.

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave" is a proverb.

I don't know whether I go with poet or with english logic please some one explain.

I am really confused with the answer, it has no logic at all.