…（的）除外
except (where) …; … excepted (the exception clause at the end of a rule)
Structure
规定 ， （但） 例外的情况 （的） 除外
What it means
Closes a rule by naming its exception: “… excepted”, “except where …”. The rule comes first and the exception is added at the end.
How it is built
Rule，（但）exception（的）+ 除外: 博物馆每天对外开放，周一除外 (The museum is open every day except Monday). In law: …，但法律另有规定的除外 (unless the law provides otherwise).
When to use it
The formal, end-of-sentence counterpart of 除了…以外, which puts the exception first (除了周一以外，每天都开放). Laws use a 的-phrase, “cases where …”. In conversation say 除了…以外 or 只有…不….
Watch out
Keep 除外 at the end of its clause: ✗ 除外周一 ✓ 周一除外. Do not double it with 除了: ✗ 除了周一除外.
Examples
用户不同意，App不得因此拒绝提供服务，提供服务必需的信息除外。
An app may not refuse its service because a user withholds consent, unless the information is necessary to provide that service.
博物馆每天对外开放，周一除外。
The museum is open to the public every day except Monday.
个人信息不得提供给他人，但取得本人同意的除外。
Personal information may not be passed to others, except where the person concerned has consented.
Learn this in Lesson 196 · HSK 7–9: 个人信息保护 (Protecting personal information)
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