Timeline for "other than" vs "except"
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| Jul 12, 2015 at 6:48 | comment | added | F.E. | Interestingly, this seems to involve an indirect object: "I can’t think of anyone other than you(i) to send __(i) my first script". This too seems to resist having a gap in indirect object location. This seems somewhat similar to this thread, “Whom would you offer the ride?”, which also involves an indirect object gap. :) | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 23:58 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | I agree with @Stephie – both other than and except work just fine, but the rest of the sentence reads a bit awkward. We could say: "When it was time for me to decide where to send my first script, I couldn't think of anyone other than you" – and we could also replace that other than with except.) | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 23:55 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:16 | answer | added | Khan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:13 | comment | added | Stephie | Then you send it to someone. Means in this case two "to"s, one for the infinitive, one for the direction. For phrasing, see my first comment. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:09 | comment | added | Roy | Ouch! If I want to submit to somebody, then? | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:08 | comment | added | Stephie | If you want the other person to put your script into the mailbox... | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:07 | comment | added | Roy | Thank you @Stephie for the answer. "I can’t think of anyone other than you to send my first script." Isn't fine? | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 18:58 | comment | added | Stephie | Both would be ok if you included "of": "I can't think of anyone... Also check what you want to say: "to send the script" or "to send the script to"? | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 16:32 | history | asked | Roy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |