TheGraduate wrote: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.
Consider:
(E) with the exception of
if we changed it to "but with the exception of", would the resulting sentence be acceptable?
I.e. would the following sentence be acceptable?
Mauritius was a British Colony for almost 200 years, but with the exception of the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
Generally, an introductory prepositional modifier serves as an ADVERB modifying the verb in the following clause.
Sentence above:
With the exception of the domains, the English language was never really spoken.
Here, the introductory prepositional modifier in red seems to modify
spoken -- the verb in the following clause -- conveying the following meaning:
The English language was never really spoken with the exception of the domains.
This portion in blue does not convey a logical meaning.
OA:
Except in the domains, the English language was never really spoken.
Here, the introductory prepositional modifier in red correctly modifies
spoken, conveying the following meaning:
The English language was never really spoken except in the domains.
Here, the portion in blue conveys a logical meaning, expressing WHERE the English language was spoken:
It was spoken IN THE DOMAINS.
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