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kbenson | karma 31158 | avg karma 2.98 · 2015-11-16 19:00:06

I usually read "X is all but Y" as "X is Y in all but name", but there are subtle distinctions that could be hard for a non-native speakers[1] to grasp without knowing about them.

1: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9967/all-but-idio...

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