exception

«exception» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a thing or person that does not follow the usual rule or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an exception, exceptions)

meaning for a pupil

1) An exception is a thing or person that does not follow the usual rule or pattern. tree →

2) If you make an exception, you allow something that is not usually allowed. tree →

3) (formal) To take exception to something is to be offended by it or object to it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In grammar and spelling, exceptions break the rule: «i before e except after c» has many exceptions. In maths, «all numbers except 7» means leave 7 out. In everyday life parents may «make an exception» for a birthday. Phrases: with the exception of, without exception, the exception to the rule, make an exception, take exception to.

examples

• with the exception of the word תהו because it is obvious from "Yezirah," Chap. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Everyone came to the party, with the exception of Tom. tree →
• «Children» is an exception to the rule of adding -s for plurals. tree →
• Mum usually says no sweets, but she made an exception today. tree →
• All the pupils, without exception, finished the test. tree →
• All even numbers except 2 are not prime — 2 is the exception. tree →
• Most birds can fly; penguins are an exception. tree →
• The headteacher took exception to the rude remark. (formal) tree →
• Bagheera killed right and left as he felt hungry, and so did Mowgli--with one exception. tree →

note

Countable noun. «Except» is the related word meaning «but not». «The exception proves the rule» is a common saying, but it does not mean that exceptions make a rule true. In maths, an exception means one item is left out or behaves differently, so check it separately.

In the corpora

• Common exception words are frequent words whose spelling does not fully match their sounds; the National Curriculum lists them for each year.
• A spelling rule works for most words; a few exceptions are learned on a short list.
• Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.
• Most -age words are masculine, but la plage, la page, la cage and l'image are feminine exceptions.
• Small animals usually have shorter lives than big ones, though there are exceptions.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exception» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.