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Meaning of 'but not limited to'



 
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Meaning of 'but not limited to' Tue Sep 19, 2006 16:38 pm  Meaning of 'but not limited to'
 

Hi

Before I knew only two patterns of 'right use' but not limited to:

1. include, but not <be> limited to, ….

For example Smile : "Examples of <smth.> include, but are not limited to, the following: ... "

and
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 Smile. )

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 Smile) to make me a bit more fluent with the phrase?
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'but not limited to' Tue Sep 19, 2006 19:54 pm  'but not limited to'
 

Hi Tamara

Whatever makes you think that natives speakers automatically write well? Laughing

It's not unusual to see "but not limited to" in formal writing.
For me that would be a very typical phrase in a contract.
That's not "free and easy" usage; it's standard.

That phrase is probably preceded mainly by, but not limited to, the word including (or some form of include). Very Happy

Regarding examples, why not just google?
http://www.google.de/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Ade-DE%3Aofficial_s&q=%22but+not+be+limited+to&btnG=Search
http://www.google.de/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Ade-DE%3Aofficial_s&q=%22including+but+not+limited+to&btnG=Search
http://www.google.de/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Ade-DE%3Aofficial_s&q=%22during+but+not+limited+to&btnG=Search
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BNC:
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=but+not+limited+to

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'but not limited to' Tue Sep 19, 2006 20:05 pm  'but not limited to'
 

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.

Quote:
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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'but not limited to' Tue Sep 19, 2006 20:36 pm  'but not limited to'
 

Tamara wrote:
P.S. Do you actually believe that I ask questions here before I myself had a look in Google, dictionaries, BNC, … ?
Confused

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. Laughing
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