besides:(1)uesdwhenaddinganotherreason.eg:Ineedthemoney.andbesides,whenIagreetodosomething,Idoit.(2)inadditiontosomeoneorsomethingelsethatyouarementioning.eg:Theareahasstunningscenery,beautifulbeaches,andmuchmorebesides.except:usedtointroducetheonlyperson,thing,action,fact,orsituationaboutwhichastatementisnottrue.eg:Theofficeisopeneverydayexceptsundays.Definition--accordingtotheLONGMANdictionaryofcontemporaryEnglishAccordingtoAntConcbesides:thecollocatetokens:132theclustertoken:123thefollowingwordsarearitcle(the),proun(that,he)moreexampleexcept:collocatetokens:181clustertokens:341thefollowingwords:preposition(for,in,to),proun(one),aritcle(the,a)moreexample--accordingtoBNCfrequency:exceptisusedmorethanbesides.except:102.72/1millionwordsbesides:25/1millionwordsSpokenorWritten:besidesNo.ofhits(76/2,382)exceptNo.ofhits(628/9,471)Derivedtexttype:Fictionandverseisthemostfrequentderivationtexttypeofbothtwowords;besidesisusedleastintheotherspokenmaterial,whileexceptisusedleastinNewspaperstexttype.textdomain:imaginativeproseisthemostfrequenttextdomainofbothtwowords.otheraspectsentenceexample:besidesismorefollowedbytheclauseleadedbythepronounwhich;whileexceptisfollowedbyprepositionphrase.besides:1)usedtoaddanotherreasonorsth.elsementioned;2)generallyfollowedbyaritcle(the),proun(that,he);except:1)usedtointroducetheonlythingorsituationnotincluded2)generallyfollowedbypreposition(for,in,to),proun(one),aritcle(the,a)3)exceptisusedmorethanbesides4)exceptusedmorefrequentinwrittenthanbesides,lessfrequentinspoken5)besidesisusedleastintheotherspokenmaterial,whileexceptisusedleastinNewspaperstexttype.6)bothtwowordsareusedmoreinwritten7)Fictionandverseisthemostfrequentderivationtexttypeofbothtwowords;8)imaginativeproseisthemostfrequenttextdomainofbothtwowords.