Is it correct to say, 'The exception is when' ? For example, 'The exception is when there is a party'.
Thanks.
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Sign up to join this communityIs it correct to say, 'The exception is when' ? For example, 'The exception is when there is a party'.
Thanks.
It is correct. Here is a quotation from the Oxford Dictionaries site, found in a discussion of a different topic:
Direct speech within direct speech
As we saw above, the rule in American English is to use double quotation marks for direct speech. The exception is when a piece of direct speech is quoted within another piece of direct speech, in which case the internal quote should use single quotation marks.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/punctuation/inverted-commas-quotation-marks
No one may wear shorts to school. The exception is when there is a party.
That's fine.