gwd17-12

renehan

gwd17-12

 

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
看了之前的讨论的帖子, 并没有讲明白为什么要用except in (C)而不是except for (D). 请大家帮忙。

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songlovegt

The 'in' is not for 'except in', but rather than for 'in the domains'.

Check sentences from Longman:

No legislation prohibits it, except in certain circumstances.
This essential motion can not take place except in a liquid medium.

At the beginning of a sentence, always use  except for, not just  except.
examples:
Everyone's going except Donald.
Except for a small part in an obscure movie years ago, Depardieu had never before acted in an English-language picture.

wentaow2008

   Thank you Songlovegt~

renehan

顶一下，还是不明白。我是觉得这二个选项，好像都通？

dlmmdajgal

D is excepting.  It'd be correct if it's "but except for"

vivien_hu

except需要前后一致嘛？？？

比如这句in the domains of administration and teaching   和the English language

AlienX

hmm..."except"會要求前後有可比性/同類
可是這題是except in
the English language...(except) in the domains of administration and teaching
用in不用for的原因是something in the domain of something是一個固定的配搭

vivian128

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