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All my friends wanted to spend Friday afternoon at the beach. Except Michael, the worrier, who was concerned about shark bites, jellyfish stings, and skin cancer.
  1. All my friends wanted to spend Friday afternoon at the beach: except Michael, the worrier, who was concerned about shark bites, jellyfish stings, and skin cancer.
  2. All my friends wanted to spend Friday afternoon at the beach. Michael, however, was concerned about shark bites, jellyfish stings, and skin cancer.
  3. All my friends wanted to spend Friday afternoon at the beach. Excluding Michael, the worrier, who was concerned about shark bites, jellyfish stings, and skin cancer.

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