Neville thought Harry had a bad case of exam nerves because Harry couldn't sleep, but the truth was that Harry kept being woken by his old nightmare, except that it was now worse than ever because there was a hooded figure dripping blood in it.
After ‘except that,’ it is said his old nightmare was now worse after seeing the concrete figure in the woods. In this case, what does ‘except that’ mean?
Top answer
Consider this simpler example. eg It was my old car, except that it had new tires. Your sentence has the same basic structure.
— Clive
Consider this simpler example.
eg It was my old car, except that it had new tires.
Your sentence has the same basic structure.
eg It was his old nightmare, except that it was worse .
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