CONFUSING WORDS
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EXCEPT AND ACCEPT
First Let us see what is CONFUSING WORDS
English has a lot of commonly confused words. They either look alike, sound alike or, worst of all, look and sound alike but have completely different meanings. Other words look and sound different but are similar in meaning, and it's hard to determine which is the correct one in a given context.
EXCEPT AND ACCEPT
The words except and accept are often confused.
🔶Except is a preposition. It means ‘not including’.
Everybody came except John. (John didn’t come.)
🔷Accept, on the other hand, is a verb.
I accept this award with great pleasure.
A preposition should be followed by a noun that acts as its object. A verb, too, can be followed by a noun or noun phrase that acts as its object. However, verbs and prepositions have very different grammatical properties. Note that a verb does not have to take an object all the time. Verbs that do not take objects are called intransitive verbs. A preposition, on the other hand, needs an object.
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EXCEPT AND ACCEPT
First Let us see what is CONFUSING WORDS
English has a lot of commonly confused words. They either look alike, sound alike or, worst of all, look and sound alike but have completely different meanings. Other words look and sound different but are similar in meaning, and it's hard to determine which is the correct one in a given context.
EXCEPT AND ACCEPT
The words except and accept are often confused.
🔶Except is a preposition. It means ‘not including’.
Everybody came except John. (John didn’t come.)
🔷Accept, on the other hand, is a verb.
I accept this award with great pleasure.
A preposition should be followed by a noun that acts as its object. A verb, too, can be followed by a noun or noun phrase that acts as its object. However, verbs and prepositions have very different grammatical properties. Note that a verb does not have to take an object all the time. Verbs that do not take objects are called intransitive verbs. A preposition, on the other hand, needs an object.
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