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excluding
Excluding (prep) means not counting or including; apart from. Example: “There were twenty guests at the wedding, excluding the children.”
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Not counting or including; apart from.
"There were twenty guests at the wedding, excluding the children."
"Excluding Sundays, the shop is open every day of the week."
"Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays)."
"The price is $50, excluding delivery."
How to use excluding
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsed to mark something as left out of a total or list.
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What does “excluding” mean?
The word “excluding” means not counting or including; apart from. In plain terms, used to mark something as left out of a total or list.
What part of speech is “excluding”?
“Excluding” is a preposition.
Is “excluding” a common word?
“Excluding” is a fairly common word in modern English.
What is the difference between excluding and including?
They are opposites: including adds something to what is counted, while excluding leaves it out. "Ten people including the manager" means the manager is one of the ten, whereas "ten people excluding the manager" means eleven people in total.
What is the difference between excluding and except?
Both remove items from a group, but excluding is a preposition that tends to sound more formal and often introduces a phrase, as in "all staff excluding managers." Except is more common in everyday speech, as in "everyone except me."
Do you put a comma before excluding?
When excluding introduces an added exception at the end of a sentence, it is usually preceded by a comma, as in "The price is fifty pounds, excluding tax." No comma is used when the excluding phrase is essential to the sentence's meaning.
What is the difference between excluding and exclusive of?
Both mean "not counting," but "exclusive of" is a more formal, fixed phrase used mainly with figures and costs, as in "the rent, exclusive of bills." Excluding is more flexible and more common in general writing and speech.
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