You use ~ before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement.
Excluding water, half of the body’s weight is protein.
? including
PREP
You use ~ before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement.
Excluding water, half of the body’s weight is protein.
? including
PREP
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012