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 #1 (permalink) Tue Sep 19, 2006 15:38 pm Meaning of 'but not limited to' |
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Hi
Before I knew only two patterns of 'right use' but not limited to:
1. include, but not <be> limited to, ….
For example :) : "Examples of <smth.> include, but are not limited to, the following: ... "
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2. including, but not limited to, ….
Right now I’m reading the phrase:
"Anomalies may be found during, but not limited to, the review, test, analysis, compilation, or use of software products or applicable documentation."
Hmm.
I am sure it is the correct use, as this is one of the international (IEEE) professional standards (of the American origin :). )
But from here I see that but not limited to can be used much more easy and free – even in the formal texts.
Could you give a couple of examples of using but not (be) limited to (without include/including :)) to make me a bit more fluent with the phrase?
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Sep 19, 2006 19:05 pm 'but not limited to' |
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Hi Amy
Thank you for your help, but, as you can see from the first and last links, examples are mostly for
incude, but ...
including, but
or
during, but….
I asked for some another examples of using the pattern.
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| That phrase is probably preceded mainly by, but not limited to, the word including (or some form of include). |
Thanks a lot for your example.
Tamara
P.S. Do you actually believe that I ask questions here before I myself had a look in Google, dictionaries, BNC, … ?
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 19, 2006 19:36 pm 'but not limited to' |
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| Tamara wrote: |
P.S. Do you actually believe that I ask questions here before I myself had a look in Google, dictionaries, BNC, … ?
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No, actually not. But since but not limited to and including are basically "joined at the hip",
it's not too easy to come up with examples excluding including. :lol:
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