The sentence in which the word <em>but </em>is used as a preposition is the last one - D. We discovered that Candy will do anything but work.
Here, the word <em>but </em>can be replaced with another preposition - except.
In all of the other sentences, but is used as a conjunction.
The correct answer is number three. Hope this helps.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "Assume that you are talking about tribal dominances in India, then it has <span>almost become gospel amongst the scholars world over to discuss the historiography of India in terms of binaries such as (1) center and margin vis-à-vis centrality & marginality, (2) placed & displaced, (3)e</span><span>lites & dalits, (4) tribal & non-tribal. Thereby to establish that Indian cultural traditions & mega narratives could never assess & integrate the mass articulation comprising the voice of the ethnic minorities, especially the dislocated communities.</span>
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2. It has personification
