"Sports Bottles are Excepted"

[Warik]

"No food or drink beyond this point. Sports bottles are excepted."

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This is posted at the stairs of my school's library.

What, is there a shortage of dictionaries?

-Warik

 

[Gilbyag]

"No food or drink beyond this point. Sports bottles are excepted."

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This is posted at the stairs of my school's library.

What, is there a shortage of dictionaries?

-Warik

LOL!!! have you pointed this out to anyone???

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Warik,

This sign may be correct.

By saying 'excepted', the sign is saying that the sports bottles are not subject to the prohibition imposed by the sign.

In other words, "no food and drink beyond this point, EXCEPT sports bottles."

'Excepted' is perfectly valid in this usage.

 

[WODIN]

Not only is it perfectly valid it's also okay!!! LOL!!!

 

[Gilbyag]

doesnt sound right to me:

With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.

conj.
If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
Otherwise than: They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
Unless: “And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st/Except it be to pray against thy foes” (Shakespeare).

v. ex·cept·ed, ex·cept·ing, ex·cepts
v. tr.
To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.

v. intr.
To object: Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.

Idiom:
except for
Were it not for: I would join you except for my cold.



Usage Note: Except in the sense of “with the exclusion of” or “other than” is generally viewed as a preposition, not a conjunction. Therefore, a personal pronoun that follows except should be in the objective case: No one except me knew it. Everyone had a ticket except her.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

doesnt sound right to me:

v. ex·cept·ed, ex·cept·ing, ex·cepts
v. tr.
To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.

It is an odd usage, but see the above example regarding 'children are excepted'.

Same thing.

 

[HappyScrappy]

I'm agreeing with Matt on this one.

 

[tomcat]

I hated English and Comp...

 

[HappyScrappy]

what I think is more annoying is that they allow drink in a sports bottle but not other form. I suppose they leak less than say a big gulp that is knocked over. but it still annoys me.
not that it matters since I haven't been in a library in awhile. and I mainly slept while I was there anyway.

 

[Gilbyag]

ok, Ill go with it. still bugs me though, like when people say irregardless. I dont care what the dic says, its a double negative.