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- waive
- warmist
- warranty
- wary of
- wave
- Web (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)
- whatsoever
- when and if
- whereas
- where … at
- whether
- which
- while
- whiskey
- whisky
- Whitehorse
- Whitehorser
- Whitehorsian
- who
- whom
- who’s
- whose (1)
- whose (2)
- wide
- widow
- widow of the late
- Winnipeg
- Winnipegger
- with a view to
- withhold from
- with reference to
- with regard to
- with the exception of
- woman
- worship
- would
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except in the case of, with the exception of
To write plainly and concisely, use except for instead of the roundabout phrases except in the case of and with the exception of. Other possibilities include apart from, but for, excluding and other than.
- Wordy: Except in the case of one minor injury, the training activities ran perfectly.
- Concise: Except for one minor injury, the training activities ran perfectly.
- Wordy: All the months are 30 or 31 days long, with the exception of February, which has 28 days.
- Concise: All the months are 30 or 31 days long apart from February, which has 28 days.
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