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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Why present tense?

Why is the "except" here in present tense?
"He used no device excepting the one invented by his brother."
I found this usage of adverb extremely weird to me,
isn't it usually "used no other device than.." or "no device except the..."?
  

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Excepting is not in the present tense. It's a preposition like except but not used as much. This definition is from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary: ex·cept·ing , prep.

— Rover_KE

  • Excepting is not in the present tense.
  • It's a preposition like except but not used as much.
  • This definition is from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary: ex·cept·ing , prep.
  • 1.
  • excluding; barring; saving; with the exception of; except.
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Excepting is not in the present tense. It's a preposition like except but not used as much.

This definition is from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary:

ex·cept·ing, prep.
1. excluding; barring; saving; with the exception of; except.

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