except that
With one caveat
Except that introduces a qualification or contradiction to what was just said, signaling that one detail differs from the general picture: I would have agreed, except that the timing was wrong.
It functions like "but" with slightly more formal emphasis on the exception: Everything went smoothly, except that we ran out of coffee.
- butContrast introducer
- but then againPhrase introducing reconsideration
- howeverIntroduces a contrasting point
- althoughConcessive conjunction
- unlessExcept if
only · still · yet · nevertheless · aside from · other than · besides · save for · excluding · barring · otherwise · nonetheless · apart from · were it not · caveat · condition · stipulation · proviso
logical consequence
except thattherefore
For that reason
consequently · thus · hence · as a result · so
except, that, exception, exceptional, exceptionally, excepting, excepted, excepts, exceptions