excepting vs except for

Both 'excepting' and 'except for' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Excepting' is more formal and less commonly used in everyday language, while 'except for' is more common and versatile. The choice between them depends on the formality of the context.

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excepting

The term 'excepting' is correct but less commonly used in everyday language. It is more formal and often found in written or formal contexts.

Use 'excepting' when you want to indicate exclusion or exception in a formal or written context. It is less commonly used in everyday language.

Examples:

All the guests, excepting the bride and groom, were seated.
The committee members, excepting the chairperson, voted in favor of the proposal.

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The first day - everything seems normal - well, excepting that Joxer gets killed.
The acquisition brought the contiguous United States to its present-day boundaries, excepting later minor adjustments.
It's almost physically the same excepting for the furniture.
Encrusted dermatocystidia or without incrustations, always present, in the pileipellis excepting the Subsection Aurantinae.
Prayer expressed in set form of words, excepting only the Our Father.
High spirits are reactive to nothing material excepting certain of the basic energies.
Little is known about his life, excepting the years he was active in Bourges.
We are now excepting those currencies 03/06/2014
Visually 346-P was identical to the earlier design, excepting a landing gear cowl which was removed primarily for lightening the airframe.
Not a single good or service (excepting those bureaucratic superfluities) had to be sacrificed to give working people more free time.
Raise the income threshold to $100,000 and remove all occupational exemptions, excepting only CEOs and the self-employed who can effectively set the own salaries.
Is present on European mountains, excepting the extreme northern and southern regions, on the Caucasus and in north-western Asia.
In all Orvonton no extra-Havona beings excepting the Uversa abandonters can equal the univitatia in artistic skill, social adaptability, and co-ordinating cleverness.
Always mindful of its secular status, they should not interfere in its internal government, excepting in cases mentioned in law.
16:4.2 (189.3) The Master Spirits are unique in that they function on all universe levels of reality excepting the absolute.
HOMAIR VACANCES may not transmit it to third parties, excepting its partners who are involved in the processing of the order.
The tax is imposed in each district, excepting the German citizens. 3.
61:4.3 (698.5) For a short time all the land of the world was again joined excepting Australia, and the last great world-wide animal migration took place.
The device has a 4 year warranty (excepting the silicone protective attachments).

Alternatives:

excluding
apart from
other than
with the exception of
aside from

except for

The phrase 'except for' is correct and more commonly used in everyday language. It is versatile and can be used in various contexts.

Use 'except for' when you want to indicate exclusion or exception in a casual or everyday context. It is a more common and versatile phrase.

Examples:

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

Alternatives:

apart from
other than
with the exception of
aside from
excluding

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