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The phrase "except for the last two" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to say that everything is the same except for only two exceptions. For example, "Everyone in the class received an A, except for the last two students."
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Updike wrote almost all of his Berks County fiction, except for the last two Rabbit books, in Ipswich.
† = P-value of comparing change from baseline to end of trial, between groups, except for the last two ("owner final" and "Group?"), where the P-value is the difference between the two group means at end of trial.
Draw five horizontal lines, 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart except for the last two lines which is only half an inch apart.
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Except for the 1980 Moscow Games, which the United States boycotted, the last time the American freestyle team failed to win gold was in Mexico City 32 years ago.
Except for the summer of 1805, Fichte resided in Berlin from 1799 to 1806.
Except for the 1970s, during the city's financial meltdown, services were rarely disrupted.
(Except for "The New Year," a wacky Dec. 31 reckoning by Jimmy Jules).
(Well, except for the 1951 Christmass Carol" movie with Alastair Sim as Scrooge).
Availability There is availability throughout the summer, except for the last week of July and the first week of August.
They were married for 56 years and, except for the past 11 months, spent the previous 36 years in New Jersey.
"He has indeed led an exemplary life," the judge said, except for the 1996 campaign-finance scheme.
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