Timeline for Except vs Besides
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| Jul 30, 2021 at 19:42 | comment | added | GJC | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_item | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 6:07 | comment | added | Chien Te Lu | @PeterShor However, according to the definitions you found in the dictionary, the negative part is the cause of the "except meaning". | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 12:00 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @ChienTeLu, I think it's the any rather than the hard that triggers the except meaning. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 11:19 | comment | added | Chien Te Lu | Thank you for replying. I agree with you. It's hard to decide whether "impossible" or "hard" are negative adjective; in most of the examples, the negative meaning is expressed through words like "no one", "nothing", "no", and "not ". I am not sure if words such as "hard" and "difficult" have the same effect. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 9:58 | comment | added | WS2 | Yes. I agree with that. But if someone said to me "I can trust anyone besides you" I am not sure I would take it as a compliment. It sounds a bit like "except" in that instance. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 8:45 | history | answered | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |