We use except(for) to introduce the only thing(s)or person/ people that a statement does not include:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅The price of the holiday includes all meals except(for) lunch.
🔅Everyone seemed to have been invited except for Mrs wood Ford and me.
🔅I had no money to give him except (for)the few coins in my picket.
🔻 Note: we use except,not except for, with to-infinitives,and that-clauses:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅I really need to go into the city center except to do some shopping.
📝 We usually use except before prepositions,bare infinitives,and that-clauses including those where the word that is left out. However,informally except for is something also used,although this is grammatically incorrect:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅There is likely to be rain everywhere today except in wale.
🔅There is nothing more the doctor can do except keep an eye on him.
🔅They look just like the real thing,except (that) they are made of plastic. =============================== #Grammar #except #except_for #lesson #lecture 🆔@EnglishPara
We use except(for) to introduce the only thing(s)or person/ people that a statement does not include:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅The price of the holiday includes all meals except(for) lunch.
🔅Everyone seemed to have been invited except for Mrs wood Ford and me.
🔅I had no money to give him except (for)the few coins in my picket.
🔻 Note: we use except,not except for, with to-infinitives,and that-clauses:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅I really need to go into the city center except to do some shopping.
📝 We usually use except before prepositions,bare infinitives,and that-clauses including those where the word that is left out. However,informally except for is something also used,although this is grammatically incorrect:
🔔 Examples 🔔
🔅There is likely to be rain everywhere today except in wale.
🔅There is nothing more the doctor can do except keep an eye on him.
🔅They look just like the real thing,except (that) they are made of plastic. =============================== #Grammar #except #except_for #lesson #lecture 🆔@EnglishPara
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n the U.S. people generally use Bitcoin as an alternative investment, helping diversify a portfolio apart from stocks and bonds. You can also use Bitcoin to make purchases, but the number of vendors that accept the cryptocurrency is still limited. Big companies that accept Bitcoin include Overstock, AT&T and Twitch. You may also find that some small local retailers or certain websites take Bitcoin, but you’ll have to do some digging. That said, PayPal has announced that it will enable cryptocurrency as a funding source for purchases this year, financing purchases by automatically converting crypto holdings to fiat currency for users. “They have 346 million users and they’re connected to 26 million merchants,” says Spencer Montgomery, founder of Uinta Crypto Consulting. “It’s huge.”
Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
