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excepting — is correctly used as a preposition instead of except when it follows not (or another negative) or always: • His comprehensive knowledge of the Lakes stood above that of all the men of his time, not excepting Wordsworth J. Sloss et al., 1984. An… … Modern English usage
excepting — [[t]ɪkse̱ptɪŋ[/t]] PREP You use excepting to introduce the only thing that prevents a statement from being completely true. [FORMAL] The source of meat for much of this region (excepting Japan) has traditionally been the pig. Syn: except for … English dictionary
excepting — Synonyms and related words: aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, discounting, ex, except, except for, except that, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, from, if not, leaving out, less, let alone, minus, not counting, off,… … Moby Thesaurus
excepting — ex|cept|ing [ ık septıŋ ] preposition FORMAL used for saying that you are not including a person or thing in what you are saying … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
excepting — UK [ɪkˈseptɪŋ] / US preposition formal used for saying that you are not including a person or thing in what you are saying … English dictionary
Mission Indians (of California) — • A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and languages, evangelized by the Franciscans in the latter part of… … Catholic encyclopedia
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Illinois' 3rd congressional district — Infobox U.S. congressional district state = Illinois district number = 3 image caption = The 3rd congressional district of Illinois since 2003 representative = Dan Lipinski party = Democratic english area = 124.5 metric area = 322.45 percent… … Wikipedia
Editions of the Bible — • Includes Hebrew and Greek editions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Editions of the Bible Editions of the Bible … Catholic encyclopedia
Temperance Movements — • Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Temperance Movements Temperance Movements … Catholic encyclopedia
