except vs except for

Both 'except' and 'except for' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Except' is used before a noun or pronoun to introduce the only thing or person that is not included in a general statement. 'Except for' is used before a noun or pronoun to introduce the only thing or person that is included in a general statement.

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except

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'except' before a noun or pronoun to introduce the only thing or person that is not included in a general statement. It is often used to indicate an exclusion.

Examples:

I like all fruits except bananas.
Everyone is here except John.

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Prefect in every way except one.
Everybody likes apples, except doctors.
A winter coat that covers everything except this.
Caught everything I ate except chocolate.
Never misses, except with women.
They carried nothing with them except tradition and folklore.
You can do anything... except people skip.
Fit for everyone except babies and people with compromised immune systems.
Everything except a ticket out of this place.
He sold everything, except one.
Nothing except maybe a two-bit gun charge.
Lost everything except my... passport.
I never knew any others except Nicolae.
Anti-government, anti-Arziani, Anti-everything except old-style soviet-era communism.
Anything goes except eye-gouging and fish-hooking.
Nothing wrong except a common bladder infection.
There's nothing on my horizon except everything.
Animals For Change helps protect endangered species, except pandas.
Nothing on the vic except the gift wrapping.
Stringer copped to everything except killing James Rush.

Alternatives:

excluding
apart from
other than
but
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except for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'except for' before a noun or pronoun to introduce the only thing or person that is included in a general statement. It is often used to indicate an exception.

Examples:

I like all fruits except for bananas.
Everyone is here except for John.

Alternatives:

apart from
other than
but
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