Correct, although :not() had a massive upgrade only a couple of years ago with complex selectors support. Prior to the change you could only pass a "simple sel

Correct, although :not() had a massive upgrade only a couple of years ago with complex selectors support. Prior to the change you could only pass a "simple selector" that only matched against the one node, such as :not(.something). However you can now do :not(ul > li p.something)