og verbal 2016 Q21 Except for，Except in和Except的用法，求大神指点！

iamluluhaha

首先og verbal 2016 sc 21

Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911, Scott Joplin’s ragtime opera Treemonisha was not produced until 1972, sixty-one years after its completion.

(A)  Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged

(B)  Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it

(C)  Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself

(D)  Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged

(E)  With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself

正确答案A，想知道D为什么不对，因为我就选了D

官方解答是：D  Excepting usually appears in negative constructions; it is not the correct idiom in this sentence. 不理解啊。。做题的时候怎么判定啊？！  

还有

og12的一道题：         

Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and

teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
(A) excepting for
(B) except in
(C) but except in
(D) but excepting for
(E) with the exception of

正确答案：C

                                
求指导一下：Except for，Except in和Except的用法和做题技巧 感谢！  
               

Fiona09

我遇到的基本都是用except +介词+名词，很少见直接用excepting....

我查了下，关于excepting的用法：

多用于否定句中，前面通常加 not only, without

举个例子：Everyone helped, not excepting John。
               We must all obey the law, not excepting the king.

iamluluhaha

Fiona09 发表于 2016-11-22 22:39
我遇到的基本都是用except +介词+名词，很少见直接用excepting....

我查了下，关于excepting的用法：

Except for, except in, except这几个混在一起根本没有活路啊。。 求问层主有没有什么做题办法。。附og12上的一道except的题，还是错了

Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and
teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
(A) excepting for
(B) except in
(C) but except in
(D) but excepting for
(E) with the exception of






答案是C

iamluluhaha

up up 还是不懂，求大神！

iamluluhaha

GMAT♠ASSASSIN 发表于 2016-11-23 20:57
excepting for is always wrong.

choice ABE can be eliminated because of lack of conjunction.

层主层主，这个连词是只要句子有转折就需要加连词吗？还是...?如何判断这道题需要加连词呢？
谢谢你！

懵竹

iamluluhaha 发表于 2016-11-23 14:56
Except for, except in, except这几个混在一起根本没有活路啊。。 求问层主有没有什么做题办法。。附og12 ...

没有except in ，这题中的in 是接着后面 的in the domains of。。。。

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iamluluhaha 发表于 2016-11-23 14:56
Except for, except in, except这几个混在一起根本没有活路啊。。 求问层主有没有什么做题办法。。附og12 ...

在这里贴上ron的回答：

"except for" is considered correct, but it's usually wordy; in mast cases in which it's appropriate, you can just use "except" instead.
ex:
the delegates came from all U.S. states except for Florida.
--> better: the delegates came from all U.S. states except Florida.

in most cases, though, except + preposition is not actually an idiomatic construction at all. what you're seeing is the use of the word "except" - in isolation - followed by a preposition that goes with whatever words follow.

for instance:
gambling is illegal everywhere in the state, except on chippewa reservations.
--> correct. notice that "except + on" is not an idiomatic construction; rather, "on" is simply the pronoun that happens to go correctly

it's not really "except in" - in other words, the "in" doesn't really belong with the "except" here.

the "except" construction is basically just "except X, Y".
the "in" belongs idiomatically with "the domains". i.e., the only preposition that's acceptable with "the domains" is "in"; it's not really an issue of "except" at all.

for instance:
she's never been happy in a relationship, except with james.
except on saturdays, the store is open until 9 p.m.