Timeline for "Except" and "Besides" when they are interchangeable
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| May 22, 2019 at 10:35 | comment | added | tiaotiao | Excluding someone from the counting is exactly what I've been trying to say. Excellent job! | |
| May 22, 2019 at 2:32 | history | edited | Learning Equals Success | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed a calculation issue
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| May 20, 2019 at 17:45 | comment | added | Learning Equals Success | If I would use it properly, I have to change the structure of your sentence in order to exclude you from the counting only, I would say: "The counting excluded all the people in the house except the ones in this room who were four individuals." (here it would indicate that you were in another room) or "Except for my presence in the room, the counting included all the people there, and they were four." (this would fit your case) | |
| May 20, 2019 at 17:45 | comment | added | Learning Equals Success | "Except" would make you an exception in the situation you are in (which is counting people in the room), it would indicate that you make a special case rather than excluding yourself from the counting procedure. | |
| May 20, 2019 at 16:00 | comment | added | tiaotiao | But if I insist on using "except" in a sentence which means that there were four people in the room if you don't count me in, what can I say? "There were four people in the room if I could be excepted."? | |
| May 20, 2019 at 5:36 | comment | added | Learning Equals Success | You're welcome. No, this one is not correct, but if you provided what you want to convey by it, I would suggest an alternative. | |
| May 20, 2019 at 4:44 | comment | added | tiaotiao | Thanks for this lucid answer. Can I ask if the following one is correct: When I got in, there were four people if except me. | |
| May 19, 2019 at 10:37 | history | answered | Learning Equals Success | CC BY-SA 4.0 |