5 exercises — practise naming a single exception with "other than" and "apart from".
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Which sentence correctly uses "other than" to name the one exception to an otherwise complete migration?
"...migrated to the new schema, other than the audit log table" correctly places the exception noun phrase directly after the fixed preposition "other than". Options B, C, and D all insert an extra word or scramble the phrase's internal order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "apart from" to introduce a single exception before the main clause?
"Apart from one flaky integration test, the entire suite passes reliably" correctly opens with the fixed preposition "apart from" followed directly by the noun phrase naming the exception. Options B, C, and D all scramble or misuse the preposition's parts.
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Which sentence correctly uses "other than" before a bare infinitive to name the only available action?
"...nothing to do other than wait for the vendor's status page..." correctly follows "other than" with a bare infinitive (no "to") when it parallels a preceding bare infinitive like "to do". Option B wrongly repeats "to". Option C wrongly uses a gerund. Option D wrongly inserts "for".
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "other than" (naming an exception to a claim) from "apart from" (naming an exception while implying the rest still forms a coherent whole)?
"Apart from a few cosmetic differences, the two themes share the same underlying components; other than the color palette, nothing else was changed" uses both prepositions correctly and naturally. Options C and D merge the two fixed phrases into an ungrammatical hybrid, and Option B, while grammatical, is included as a distractor to test careful reading rather than the correct target sentence.
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Which sentence correctly uses "apart from" before a gerund to name the one exception to a claim about test coverage?
"Apart from mocking the external API, every part of this module is covered..." correctly follows the preposition "apart from" with a gerund, as prepositions require a noun or gerund, not a bare or to-infinitive verb. Option B uses a bare verb form. Option C wrongly inserts "to". Option D scrambles the word order of the fixed preposition.