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but noun
all but
none but
but hey...
may...but
anything but
might...but
nothing but
last but one
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Only, except and not including

only
adjective, adverb, conjunction
used for showing that a statement does not apply to
anything or anyone else except the person, thing, action,
place etc that you are mentioning
except
conjunction, preposition
used for introducing the only person, thing, or fact that is
not included in your main statement
excluding
preposition
used for saying that you are not including someone or
something in what you are saying
beyond
adverb, preposition
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used in negative sentences to mean except

but
adverb, conjunction, preposition
used especially after words such as nothing, everyone, or
anything to mean except
save
preposition
except
excepting
preposition
used for saying that you are not including a person or thing in
what you are saying
exclusive of something
not including something
with the exception of
used for saying that someone or something is not included in
what you are saying
otherwise than
in any way except the way that you are mentioning
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 cannot (help) but

in all but name
slowly but surely
close, but no cigar
last but not least
bloody/bloodied but unbowed
there's nothing for it but
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except
preposition
(often with for) = apart from, but for, saving, bar,
barring, excepting, other than, excluding,
omitting, with the exception of, aside from, save
(archaic), not counting, exclusive of I don't
drink, except for the occasional glass of wine.
verb
= exclude, rule out, leave out, omit, disregard,
pass over Men are such swine (present
company excepted, of course).
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unless

Part of Speech: conjunction Definition:

except that Synonyms: but, except,
except for , excepting that, if not, lest,
saving, without

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Ways of adding extra information

namely
adverb
used for introducing more detailed information about a
subject that you are discussing
incidentally
adverb
used for adding related but less important information to
what has just been said, or for suddenly introducing a new
subject
furthermore
adverb
used before a statement that is connected to what you have
just said and adds something to it
anyhow
adverb
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 used when adding a statement that limits what

you have just said
anyway
adverb
used when adding a statement that limits what
you have just said
not to mention
used for adding a comment that emphasizes the
main idea of what you have already said
even so
used for introducing a statement that seems
surprising after what you said before
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 the fact that

used after expressions such as due to or in
view of when you are giving some extra
information
in any case
used for adding information to support a
statement or make it clearer
by the way
used for introducing a new or extra fact or
comment into a conversation

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Examples:
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1. "It is reported that all other escapees have been returned to
custody, except for a Negro."
2. It obviously never existed except in the minds of the
superstitious.
3. I never heard anything except a disembodied voice of a
loudspeaker.
4. Everyone here is dispensable except me.
5. That's the most brilliant cut l've ever thought of, except it was
Mike's.
6.8. I don't own nothing cheap except you.
9. Everyone except my brother, and look where it got him.
10. Nice people were here except the man who was my father and
he was a rat.

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11. I swear he gave me nothing except a pack of cigarettes.

12. I did. Except he killed him
13. You never see a thing except what you want to see, do
you?
14. Oh, lovely, except that the frost is building up.
15. We can do except keep an eye on it.
16. In short, we can't go to war except on an express order.
17. And the truth in this case is that we are, all of us, except
you, fit only for pickling.
18. They were all in the shed except one the one who wasn't,
I figure did it.
19. Anyone knows nothing about it except my business
associates and you.
20. I cannot be relieved of that responsibility except by the
order of Herr Ribbentrop.
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21. This great king has time for everything, except the time for being
a man.
22. That's all I know, except they say she's as cold as the proverbial
icicle.
23. There's nothing else I can say, except that I'm glad that before
our marriage you showed yourself up in your true colors.
24. Same damn thing, except they don't have any heat.
25. Not at all in my line, exactly except that I spoke German like a
native.
26. You will be famous and you'll never go hungry except in your
heart.
27. You know I never read any part except my own.
28. There were no marks on the bodies, except a slight
discoloration or bruise at the base of the brain.
29. She recognizes no terms except her own.
30. No civilians, except by special permission from Washington
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