Accept versus Except
Though the term accept and except both seems to be very similar and a general term that we use in our day to day life it is interesting to note the apart from their pronunciation there is nothing in common between two. In fact the difference between them is as big as difference between ocean and sea.
Both terms are widely used in day to day English and hence it becomes at most important to not only understand their meaning but we will also try to use them in sentence to know how to use them.
Use of the term accept and except in sentences.
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Important note Term except is used rarely mostly to state something formally it is advise not to use the word except as a verb as it something creates a confusion among readers and disorient them. |
Important note
As the terms are used more frequently it becomes very important to use to know their correct pronunciation too.
Accept is pronounced as uhk sept where as the term except is pronounced as uhk sept thus phonetically they are merely same but there is a huge difference between two when it comes to meaning as we have seen above.
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Summary
As we have seen above accept meaning inclusion or approval of something whereas the term except means exclusion of someone from something.
In a very layman term they both seems to be opposite to each other and in the end the use of term except as a verb is usually avoided as in an example we have seen above it creates confusion between the reader and created subjective interpretation to text which is not healthy in English grammar point of view hence except should be used as either verb or conjuction.
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