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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Except eating or eat?

Hi

Could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct?

1- She does nothing except eat chocolates.

2- She does nothing except eating chocolates.

Thanks
  

Top answer

2 is correct, except is preposition here so it should follow a gerund .

— Whl626

  • 2 is correct, except is preposition here so it should follow a gerund .
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2 is correct, except is preposition here so it should follow a gerund.
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The first. Match doing with the -ing form; match other forms of do with the base form.

She does nothing except eat chocolates.
She is doing nothing but eating chocolates.
He will do nothing more than play video games.
He was doing nothing except playing video games.

CJ

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Can "except' be followed by "for"?

All of my classmates are eating except for me.

Is this correct?

Ciao,

IF [A]
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I think ' for ' in not necessary.
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That's right. for is not necessary, but it's OK.

CJ
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Thanks for the answer!

Ciao,

IF [A]
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