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[Odessa Dawn]

With its mix of satirical advice about “How to survive babies, and what they grow into: children” and laugh out loud humour, Sh*tty Mum is “about short cuts and parenting with 40 per cent effort” and “doing a half-assed job, but doing it well enough so that no one but you notices”.
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What does the word notices refer to?
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No one but you notices (is aware) that you are not making a 100% effort.

not a teacher

'...nobody except you is aware that...'

What does that (Usage Problem) mean? Does this mean that using but in the below statement is wrong or the meaning of but doesn't make sense? Or as Tdol says, "It's a usage problem because it is used by some native speakers, but the majority consider it to be wrong." Post # 25

"3. Usage Problem Used to indicate an exception: No one but she saw the prowler."

Also, does Usage Problem apply/go to,"Everybody but me thinks they will pass the test, but I am not so confident."

 

[SoothingDave]

Did you read the usage note in the dictionary?

 

[emsr2d2]

What does that (Usage Problem) mean? Does this mean that using but in the below statement is wrong or the meaning of but doesn't make sense? Or as Tdol says, "It's a usage problem because it is used by some native speakers, but the majority consider it to be wrong." Post # 25

"3. Usage Problem Used to indicate an exception: No one but she saw the prowler."

Also, does Usage Problem apply/go to,"Everybody but me thinks they will pass the test, but I am not so confident."

Using "but" instead of "except" is not a usage problem. It is a perfectly acceptable alternative word.
The "usage problem" referred to with "brung" is exactly what Tdol said "It's used by some native speakers, but the majority consider it to be wrong". I would go further and say "It's used by some native speakers, but it is wrong as far as the accepted past tense of 'bring' is concerned".

 

[Odessa Dawn]

"3. Usage Problem Used to indicate an exception: No one but she saw the prowler."

Did you read the usage note in the dictionary?

Thank you, SoothingDave, so very much for your question. I have just read the underlined parts. Is that enough? Again, thank you.

"Usage Note: Traditional grammarians have worried over what form the pronoun ought to take when but is used to indicate an exception in sentences such as No one but I (or No one but me) has read it. Some have argued that but is a conjunction in these sentences and therefore should be followed by the nominative form I. However, many of these grammarians have gone on to argue somewhat inconsistently that the accusative form me is appropriate when the but phrase occurs at the end of a sentence, as in No one has read it but me."

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, the "usage problem" is the undecided question of whether to use "I" or "me," subject or object.