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Exceptive Clauses — Proposizioni Eccettuative·Register Awareness — Formal vs Informal Exceptive Expression
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Rule reminder

Register levels for exceptive expressions: INFORMAL/SPOKEN: 'a meno che non' (very common); NEUTRAL WRITTEN: 'tranne che', 'eccetto che', 'salvo che' + subjunctive; 'tranne/eccetto/salvo' + noun; FORMAL/LEGAL: 'fuorché', 'fatte salve', 'salvo diversa disposizione', 'ad eccezione di', 'salvo + noun'. The meaning is the same; the register changes.

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Informal: 'Tutti i dipendenti lavorano il sabato, ma non quelli del reparto IT.' → Formal: 'Tutti i dipendenti prestano servizio il sabato, … il personale del reparto IT.'

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→ Error Correction — Common Mistakes with Exceptive Clauses→ Translation Practice — English Unless/Except into Italian→ Exceptive vs Restrictive — Meaning Discrimination→ Sentence Completion — Exceptive Clauses in Context
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