Read this sentence fragment:
Except two bandages and a flashlight.
Which revision is a complete sentence?
Gone, except two bandages and a flashlight.
Leaving nothing except two bandages and a flashlight.
Those darned raccoons had eaten everything in his backpack except two bandages and a flashlight.
With the exception of two bandages and a flashlight.
1 answer
The correct revision is: Those darned raccoons had eaten everything in his backpack except two bandages and a flashlight.