He likes basketball except for soccer.
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Do you accept the usage of 'except for' as good English to mean 'in addition to' or 'apart from' in the above sentence?
It is said to be listed in a Longman Dictionary. However I have not found it so far.
Thank you.
Except for can mean
apart from, but not in the context you have tried to use it. It only means
apart from when the two items used are related and one is member of the category expressed by the other. You could have said "
He likes all sports except soccer." as "soccer" is a member of the category "sports".
In your example soccer is not a member of the category basketball and so it doesn't work.
You could also say
"She likes most animals except cats." as cats are a type of animal/member of the category "animal".
You could aso say
"You did very good work except for this one mistake." as the mistake was part of the work - maybe not technically part of the category work, but I hope you see the relationship works in the same way?
Right now I can't think of a possible way "except" could be used to mean "in addition to". I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, and I've just checked Collins and Merriam Webster, and neither dictionary lists it as a possible meaning.