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T509 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

use of 'except'

Check the sentence below.

"You should learn one more language except English."

Is it grammatically incorrect?
  

Top answer

" 'Except' is not appropriate here. I don't know what your sentence means. Consider these possibilities - You should learn another language, but not English ?

— Clive

  • " 'Except' is not appropriate here.
  • I don't know what your sentence means.
  • Consider these possibilities - You should learn another language, but not English ?
  • eg Your native language is Chinese.
  • Now learn Spanish.
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Hi,

"You should learn one more language except English." 'Except' is not appropriate here. I don't know what your sentence means. Consider these possibilities -


You should learn another language, but not English ? eg Your native language is Chinese. Now learn Spanish. But don't learn English.

You sh
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Thanks for the reply,

I believe the latter is what I would like to express.

Sorry for the delay,

to appreciate what you have done to help me out of a mess.
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