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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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save for, apart from

I know the difference between besides and except, but could you please enlighten me on these two?

thank you very much
  

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Anonymous I know the difference between besides and except, but could you please enlighten me on these two? thank you very much I would need to think long and hard to find any significant difference in meaning. Context may be a different story.

  • Anonymous I know the difference between besides and except, but could you please enlighten me on these two?
  • thank you very much I would need to think long and hard to find any significant difference in meaning.
  • Context may be a different story.
  • Let's see if someone else has some examples.
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AnonymousI know the difference between besides and except, but could you please enlighten me on these two?

thank you very much
I would need to think long and hard to find any significant difference in meaning. Context may be a different story. Let's see if someone else has some examples.
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0 Besides can be a synonym for " in addition to" or " as well as". Essentially it signifies " + "02br
00"Except" and "except for" (not before a preposition or infinitive) work like "save for", i.e. that the following will be an exception, essentially a " - "02br
00Confusingly, both can be substituted by "apart from". 0-

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