Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
A. excepting for
B. except in
C. but except in
D. but excepting for
E. with the exception of
答案是C.
相关解释：
1)This two-clause sentence describe an apparent incompatibility.To describe this apparent contradiction and to avoid a comma splice, the clauses should be joined by the conjunction but. 2)Excepting is not idiomatic English in this case.
A和E的解释是excepting for is non-idiomatic
请问：
1.什么是comma splice？
2.A和E的解释是excepting for is non-idiomatic，意思是说excepting for 这种表达就是不对的还是只是在这个题里是不对的啊？excepting for 是和解释中的2)Excepting is not idiomatic English in this case是表达相同的意思吗？
