The document discusses the use of prepositions to express exceptions, such as 'except', 'except for', 'apart from', and 'but'. It provides examples and explanations on how to structure sentences that indicate exceptions, including the role of the conjunction 'except that'. Additionally, it includes classwork activities to practice identifying and correcting sentences with appropriate expressions of exceptions.

1. Topic:
Expressing
Exception
Using ‘except’, ‘except
for’, ‘apart from’, ‘but’.
By: Abiodun Timothy O.
Phidel College, Lagos.

2. Exception is the opposite of
addition, indicating a ‘subtraction’
from a total. We express it by using
a number of prepositions, such as:
‘except’, ‘except for’, ‘apart from’,
‘but’.

3. EXAMPLES
1. None of the boys knew her secret except Tommy.
2. The journey was quite pleasant, apart from the weather.
3. They ate everything that was in the fridge, but the eggs.
4. Everyone in our family likes vegetables but not him.
5. Nobody really enjoys a diet except for a person who feels better
because of the diet.

4. If the exception is expressed in a sentence/clause,
then we need to use the conjunction 'except that':
The journey was quite pleasant, except that the
weather was too hot.

5. The adverb “even” expresses the negation of
exception, normally with an effect of surprise and
emphasis:
E.g:
They stole everything - even the clothes in the
wardrobe! (not excepting the clothes in the
wardrobe).

6. However, be very careful, as even is also
closely related to the notion of addition:
E.g:
He can speak several languages; he even
claims to speak Chinese (that, as well as
all the others).

7. CLASS WORK
Complete the sentences bellow with appropriate exceptions
1. A vegetarian diet is one in which a person eats everything ____ meat.
2. Jack eats mostly vegetarian diets ____ when he is visiting someone for
dinner.
3. Most people eat bread ___ not a person with wheat allergy.
4. Boarders eat eggs every morning ____ weekends.
5. Deborah would finish a bowl of ice cream___ not dairy products.

8. CLASS WORK CORRECTION
Complete the sentences bellow with appropriate exceptions
1. A vegetarian diet is one in which a person eats everything _EXCEPT___ meat.
2. Jack eats mostly vegetarian diets _EXCEPT___ when he is visiting someone for dinner.
3. Most people eat bread __BUT_ not a person with wheat allergy.
4. Boarders eat eggs every morning __APART FROM__ weekends.
5. Deborah would finish a bowl of ice cream_BUT__ not dairy products.