Imagine a hypothetical rule: “All members may enter,” accompanied by an established exception: “Suspended members may not enter.” The word all is general; the second rule removes a particular class from its reach.
The correct method is to establish both statements and their relationship, exclude the suspended class, and retain the general rule for the remaining members. An exception does not ordinarily erase the entire general provision. That would confuse specification with complete invalidation.
This is an invented teaching scenario, not a quotation from revelation. Legal caution: In an actual juristic question, the authority of the specifying proof and whether the general text had already been specified also matter.