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Today’s mini-lesson is on the difference between ‘accept’ and ‘except.’
It’s widespread for English language learners and even native English speakers to get confused about spelling or using these words correctly since they are homophones and sound almost the same. Let’s learn the difference between these two words. Accept, spelled A-C-C-E-P-T, is a verb that has several meanings.
Accepting means to receive something, agree to something, or believe something. Let’s look at some examples of ‘accept’ in a sentence. I will accept the job offer tomorrow. Jason accepted my invitation to dinner. Will you accept my apology?
I can’t accept your gift. Now let’s review the word except, spelled E-X-C-E-P-T. Except usually functions as a preposition or conjunction, except means excluding or apart from. Let’s look at some examples of ‘except’ in a sentence.
They were all invited to the party except me. The restaurant is open every day except Friday. Everyone except for Tina can go to the playground at recess. Now let’s look at mixed examples using both ‘accept’ and ‘except.’ We accept all forms of payment, accept credit cards.
Except for Matthew and Karen, everyone accepted the invitations to our wedding. Now it’s your turn to practice!
Write sentences using ‘accept’ and ‘except’ in the comments section of this post!
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