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Weoften useexceptandexcept foras prepositions to mean‘not including’ or ‘excluding’. They are followed by a noun or noun phrase or awh-clause. Bothexceptandexcept forare correct after a noun:
I like all fruitexcept (for)oranges.(excluding oranges)
Except forLouisa, who’s away in Berlin this weekend, we’ll all be at the party.
She likes going to most sports events,exceptcricket matches.
Exceptcan also be used as a conjunction. We don’t useexcept forin this way:
The brothers are very alike,except (that)Mark is slightly taller than Kevin.
Exceptandexcept forare used in similar ways toapartandapart from.
See also:
Apart fromorexcept for?