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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread except vs except for #211634 07/06/2013 4:38 PM Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 Lionel Koh newbie Lionel Koh newbie Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 What is the difference between except and except for? Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: except vs except for Lionel Koh #211643 07/07/2013 9:05 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Everyone is invited to the party except Bruce. Prep: except - to exclude one from many _________________________________________________________ He would be invited too except for his penchant to pulldown his pants, Idiom: except for - if it were not for Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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