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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat May 22, 2010 12:04 am
Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island
A. excepting for
B. except in
C. but except in
D.but excepting for
E. with the exception of
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by thephoenix » Sat May 22, 2010 1:20 am
IMO D
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by sumanr84 » Sat May 22, 2010 2:30 am
IMO : C

I think "except in" is correct usage. Furthermore, we need "BUT" to avoid run-on sentence.
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