Jul 7, 2025 · More precisely, these expressions seem to indicate that exceptions are excluded from view. They seem to be employed in situations where the audience might be tempted to think that an …

May 19, 2014 · This rule allows no exceptions. This sounds natural to me, but I am told "The rule admits no exceptions" can be an alternative way to express this. However, some say using admits is not …

What is the term for an organization or social/political system rigidly governed by rules without any exceptions?

In your examples, the 'except' clause coming second after a very categorical statement is strange, because 'absolutely' implies there are no exceptions. With the exception first, one is prepared for the …

Feb 25, 2011 · -2 It's a play on the proverb "there's an exception to every rule" Wiktionary. It follows from that proverb that no rule can be correct until you have found an exception to it. That is the exception …

Oct 21, 2017 · The difference between execption and exemption is one of those Zen-like things akin to the difference between zero and null. They are used differently, but their effect appears identical. An …

Mar 24, 2011 · an exception has no such man-made connotations (i.e. an exemption might be considered a kind of exception, but might be totally arbitrary). The number 2 is an exception to the …

The exceptions such as"foreign" and "weird" seem abnormal to me because most of the rest of the ie or ei words follow the i before e rule. They don't have a "c". Why does that happen?

"Bar none" doesn't really mean "by far". It's actually closer to "without exception". It's not necessarily colloquial, but in formal usage, I would avoid it only because it adds nothing to the sentence but …

Dec 6, 2021 · I saw this writing on a coffee mug, which is supposedly popular amongst linguists: i before e Except after C and also when you heinously seize your feisty foreign neighbor's conceited beige …