Used to pull one person or thing OUT of a statement you have just made about a group — and here is the strange part: it goes AFTER the thing it removes.

Used to pull one person or thing OUT of a statement you have just made about a group用來把某個人或東西從你剛剛講的一個群體的敘述裡排除出去 — and而 here is the strange part奇怪的地方在這裡: it它 goes AFTER the thing it removes是放在被排除的那個東西後面.

"Everyone was invited, John excepted" means everyone except John. "Sundays excepted, the shop opens at nine" means on all days but Sunday.

"Everyone was invited, John excepted"「Everyone was invited, John excepted」（大家都受邀了，約翰除外） means意思是 everyone except John除了約翰以外的每個人. "Sundays excepted, the shop opens at nine"「Sundays excepted, the shop opens at nine」（星期日除外，商店九點開門） means意思是 on all days but Sunday除了星期日以外的每一天.

This trailing position is what makes it feel old-fashioned and legal; you meet it on signs, in contracts, in notices ("present company excepted" is the set phrase people still say when they criticise a group and want to reassure the person in front of them). In everyday English almost nobody builds sentences this way — you would say except John, or apart from Sundays.

This trailing position這種放在後面的位置 is what makes it feel old-fashioned and legal是它讓人覺得老派、像公文用語的原因; you你 meet it會在 on signs, in contracts, in notices告示、合約、通知裡看到它 ("present company excepted"（「present company excepted」——在場的人除外） is the set phrase people still say是人們批評一個群體、又想安撫眼前這個人時 when they criticise a group and want to reassure the person in front of them還會說的固定用語). In everyday English在日常英文裡 almost nobody builds sentences this way幾乎沒有人會這樣造句 — you would say你會說 except Johnexcept John（除了約翰）, or apart from Sundays或apart from Sundays（除了星期日）.

Learn it mainly so you can read it.

Learn it mainly so you can read it學這個詞主要是為了讓你看得懂它.

It is also simply the past form of the rare verb except, meaning to leave something out: "Children under six are excepted from the fee."

It它 is also simply the past form of the rare verb except也只是罕見動詞except的過去式, meaning to leave something out意思是把某個東西排除在外: "Children under six are excepted from the fee."「Children under six are excepted from the fee」（六歲以下兒童免收此費用）.