Everyone but John.....

[Banglardon]

Which one is correct?

1- Everyone but John in our family avoids eating liver.
2- Everyone in our family avoids eating liver but John.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The second one is more natural.

 

[GoesStation]

You can also say Everyone in our family but John avoids eating liver.

 

[jutfrank]

I'd suggest these:

In our family, nobody but John eats liver.
In our family, everyone but John avoids eating liver.

 

[Tarheel]

Or:

John is the only one in our family who eats liver.

Or:

Nobody else eats liver, but John is happy to eat liver.

 

[tedmc]

I much prefer "except" to "but" which has other meanings.

 

[Tdol]

Which one is correct?

They're both OK, but they're are better options- see the other answers for them.