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Sorry to be a pedant but since it took me a second to get it at first: "all but gone" implies that they're definitely still here, I think something like "almost
by mixedCase 7y ago
Sorry to be a pedant but since it took me a second to get it at first: "all but gone" implies that they're definitely still here, I think something like "almost gone" or "almost out of use" would be the right phrasing.
- kube-system 7y ago'all but' is an idiomatic synonym for 'almost'. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/all+but https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/all+but
- Denvercoder9 7y agoall but is an expression meaning almost. See e.g. https://grammarist.com/usage/all-but/ https://grammarist.com/usage/all-but/. It's one of the most confusing English expressions I've encountered.