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gmatwar13
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Please clarify idiom in below two questions
1) 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
2) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911，Scott Joplin's ragtime opera＂Treemonisha＂was not produced　until 1972，sixty-one years after its completion．
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself.
Would like an expert to answer on this questoin related to idiom. Both questions are from OG..
First one's answer is C and Second one's answer in A.. And both says that perticular idiom is correct. I believe idiom only takes one form. I was with the opinion that Except for is the correct idiom and hence selected D in first option. But it is wrong
1) 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
2) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911，Scott Joplin's ragtime opera＂Treemonisha＂was not produced　until 1972，sixty-one years after its completion．
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself.
Would like an expert to answer on this questoin related to idiom. Both questions are from OG..
First one's answer is C and Second one's answer in A.. And both says that perticular idiom is correct. I believe idiom only takes one form. I was with the opinion that Except for is the correct idiom and hence selected D in first option. But it is wrong
