Timeline for What is the difference between "apart", "except", "other than" and "besides"?
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| Jun 4, 2014 at 15:59 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Oct 6, 2012 at 6:44 | vote | accept | Martin Thoma | ||
| Oct 5, 2012 at 15:15 | comment | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | Slightly-elliptical sentences like the examples might be spoken, but in writing a verb form is likely to appear before a broken toe. Eg: “Except for suffering a broken toe, she was not badly hurt.” The lack of verb forms before a broken toe in the examples makes them all sound slightly wrong. | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 15:07 | comment | added | Martin Thoma | @Em1: Yes, I see differences in the german versions. Bis auf is far more colloquial than Mit Ausnahme von. Of course, they all mean the same (so my formulation of the question could be improved), but I wanted to get to know the slight differences in the usages of the words. | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 11:43 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 5, 2012 at 11:40 | history | edited | bib | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 5, 2012 at 11:15 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 11:09 | comment | added | Kris | @Souta :) if its 'just a matter of semantics', they all cannot mean the same thing. You need to make up your mind on that one. | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 10:45 | answer | added | benshepherd | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 9:54 | comment | added | Em1 | As @Souta said, in the end it's the same. Compared to your native language: Abgesehen von, Ausgenommen, bis auf, Mit Ausnahme von. Do you see any differences? | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 9:49 | comment | added | Martin Thoma | Isn't "meaning" the same as "semantics" in this case? | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 9:37 | comment | added | Souta | If anything, I think this is just a matter of semantics. They all mean the same thing; she has a broken toe, but isn't badly hurt. | |
| Oct 5, 2012 at 9:33 | history | asked | Martin Thoma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |