Accept or Expect?: COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS

Accept / Except 

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Accept

Accept/ak-sept/ means to accept the situation, what has been said, or an offer. 

Examples: 

- I accept your apology.

- I have accepted your request.

- We have accepted the defeat.
- Did you accept my invitation card?

Related words: admit, welcome, receive, acknowledge, recognise, approve, affirm, etc. 

Except 

Except/ik-sept/ means excluding or without including.

Examples:

- All children have slept except Nina.

- Take everything except my phone.

- All answers are correct except one.

Related words: without, minus, exclude, omit, exempting, apart from, aside from, etc. 

Thus, 'Accept' and 'Except' should be used carefully.