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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does except here mean however?
Obviously, " a 10-minute consultation and a prescription" was served by Mr. Zhang. So "except Zhang was booked" mean "however Zhang was recorded by authority on suspicion of fraud"?
Context:
Rampant Fraud Threat to China’s Brisk Ascent
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: October 6, 2010
BEIJING — No one disputes Zhang Wuben’s talents as a salesman. Through television shows, DVDs and a best-selling book, he convinced millions of people that raw eggplant and immense quantities of mung beans could cure lupus,
diabetes, depression and cancer.
For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — except Mr. Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.
More:
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/1b9a584769eae009581bec92.html
Context:
Rampant Fraud Threat to China’s Brisk Ascent
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: October 6, 2010
BEIJING — No one disputes Zhang Wuben’s talents as a salesman. Through television shows, DVDs and a best-selling book, he convinced millions of people that raw eggplant and immense quantities of mung beans could cure lupus,
diabetes, depression and cancer.
For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — except Mr. Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.
More:
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/1b9a584769eae009581bec92.html
Top answer
There is something wrong in the sentence. It just does not make sense. The word "and" should have been used.
- There is something wrong in the sentence.
- It just does not make sense.
- The word "and" should have been used.
- For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — and Mr.
- Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.
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There is something wrong in the sentence. It just does not make sense. The word "and" should have been used.
For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — and Mr. Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.
For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — and Mr. Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.
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NL888For $450, seriously ill patients could buy a 10-minute consultation and a prescription — except Mr. Zhang, one of the most popular practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, was booked through 2012.It just about works given that the article was published in 2010.
(People were told that that) patients could buy a consultation and prescript
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