Yes I searched this because I’m playing the game again and I remember the week it launched someone got a massive tattoo of one of the parties on their chest and I was so astounded by the stupidity of the decision
Yes I searched this because I’m playing the game again and I remember the week it launched someone got a massive tattoo of one of the parties on their chest and I was so astounded by the stupidity of the decision
In its original sense, it is supposed to refer to something where the exception being made actual proves the rule. A sign saying "open every day except Christmas" posits the rule "open every day" with the exception "Christmas." Because there are only two states the shop can be in, and one is limited to the exception "Christmas," that exception proves that the shop is "open every day." Were the shop open every day, there would be no rule as to when the shop is open, as it is never closed. As it is closed once, then the rule is that the shop is open every day, except for one exception.
Oh no I understand but in terms of when people tend to say the phrase that's not what they mean
Yeah, they just mean there is/are exceptions. So they should just say "except." They are obfuscating their language pointlessly.