5 exercises — practise the formal exceptive preposition "save for".
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Which sentence correctly uses "save for" plus a noun phrase to name a single exception mid-sentence?
"...all the integration tests pass, save for one that depends on..." correctly uses the fixed two-word preposition "save for" before the noun phrase naming the exception. Option B drops the required "for". Option C wrongly inserts "from". Option D wrongly inserts "that".
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Which sentence correctly uses "save for" at the start of a sentence, followed by a comma before the main clause?
"Save for a brief spike during the deploy, CPU usage stayed flat..." correctly opens the sentence with the intact preposition, the exception noun phrase, then a comma before the main clause. Option B misplaces the comma inside the fixed phrase. Option C reverses "for" and "save". Option D scrambles the internal word order.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "save for" (formal, literary register) from "except for" (neutral, everyday register) while keeping both grammatically identical in structure?
"...complete, save for the rollback section, which the team would... call complete except for the rollback part" keeps both two-word prepositions intact and in the same fixed internal order, just varying register. The other options merge or scramble the words within each fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "save for" to name the one endpoint not yet covered by tests?
"...has test coverage, save for the newly added webhook handler" correctly places the comma before the fixed preposition and keeps "save for" intact. Option B scrambles "the" into the middle of the fixed phrase. Option C wrongly inserts "of". Option D misplaces the comma inside the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "save for" to state that a document is finished except for one section still under review?
"...finished, save for the security review, which is still pending sign-off" correctly places the comma before "save for" and keeps the fixed phrase intact before the noun phrase. Option B moves "for" after the noun phrase. Option C wrongly inserts "that". Option D misplaces the comma inside the fixed phrase.