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1. Everyone passed besides Richard. (=Everyone passed, in addition to
Richard.)
[quoted from A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language]
2. Besides Richard, everyone passed.
#1 is supposed to be correct.
Is #2 also acceptable to native speakers?
My natural interpetation of (2) is that Besides means Except for, not In
addition to. That is, I naturally interpret (2) as implying that Richard did
not pass.
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1. In addition to Xiao Li, we all attended the meeting.
2. Besides Xiao Li, we all attended the meeting.
3. We all attended the meeting, in addition to Xiao Li.
4. We all attended the meeting besides Xiao Li.
Are the above sentences acceptable to native speakers?
"Besides" could be taken to mean "except for," so I would avoid it here.
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