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ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – accept & except

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง accept = ‘ak-SEPT’

ออกเสียง except = ‘ik-SEPT’

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

Accept = receive:

She will accept the award.;

    = answer affirmatively: I accept your invitation.

Not to be confused with:

except = leave out; exclude:

present company excepted;

= with the exclusion of:

Everyone was there except for the guest of honor.

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“Accept” vs. “Except”: What’s The Difference?

Do I accept an invitation or except it?

If someone is left off of an invitation list,

has she been excepted or accepted?

What’s the difference

between these two terms, and how can we keep them straight?

What does accept mean?

Accept is a verb, and it means, most broadly,

“to take or receive (something offered)

or receive with approvalor favor,”

as in I accept this trophy.

What does except mean?

Except has a verb sense of “to exclude; leave out,”

as in the phrase present company excepted.

But, it can also be used as a preposition,

as in They were all there except me,

and a conjunction,

as in Every inch of the facility was well fortified except here.

Except is also widely used in the phrase except for,

as in She would travel more except for lack of money.

As with some other commonly confused terms,

accept and except share a linguistic ancestor.

Both can be traced to the Latin verb capere meaning “to take.”

The prefix ex- means “out of.”

The prefix ac- is a variant of ad-,

which occurs in loanwords from Latin where it meant “toward.”

How do you use accept and except?

One easy wayto keep these two terms straight

is to remember

the ex- in except and associate it with exclude.

Here are some examplesof

how you mightuse accept:

• Desperate to sell, the owner accepted the couple’s very low offer on the house.
• He’s a proud man and generally doesn’t accept charity or help from friends.
• I can’t accept this gift, as it’s much too expensive!

Here are some examples of

how you might use except:

•  Everyone except Clarissa is required to participate in tomorrow’s seminar.
• Except for one year I spent studying abroad, I’ve lived in Philadelphia my whole life.
• Our boss has blamed everyone except himself for the losses this quarter.

And in case you’re wondering, yes,

you can say

someone has been excepted from an invitation list

though it’s not so commonly used:

Some employees are excepted from the new sick day policy.

When determining

whether to use except or accept in a sentence,

you can also consider

what part of speech the sentence calls for:

• If you need a verb,

and if that verb could be replaced

with exclude without losing the intended meaning of the sentence,

then choose except.

If the meaning is lostwith exclude, then go with accept.

• If you need a preposition or conjunction

(or anything other than a verb),

except is the term for you (accept is only used a verb).

Dictionary.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR EXCEPT

Except (more rarely excepting),

but, save point out something excluded from a general statement.

Except emphasizes the excluding:

Take any number except 12.

But merely states the exclusion:

We ate all but one.

Save is now mainly found in poetic use:

nothing in sight save sky and sea.

Collins COBUILD English Usage

accept

If someone offers you something and you accept it,

you agree to take it.

Jane accepted a slice of cake.

1. advice and suggestions

If you accept someone's advice or suggestion,

you decide to do what they advise or suggest.

I knew that they would accept my proposal.

Be Careful!
However, don't say that you 'accept to do' what someone suggests.

You say that you agree to do it.

The princess agreed to go on television.

She agreed to let us use her flat while she was away.

2. situations and people

If you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation,

you recognize that it cannot be changed.

They refused to accept poor working conditions.

Astronauts accept danger as part of their job.

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Accept – except

Don't confuse accept /ək'sept/ with except /ɪk'sept/.

1. 'accept'

Accept is a verb.

If someone offers you something and you accept it,

you agree to take it.

I never accept presents from clients.

See accept

2. 'except'

Except is a preposition or conjunction.

You use it to show that

a statement does not include a particular thing or person.

All the boys except Paul started to giggle.

See except

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Usage Notes

'Accept' vs 'Except': Two Verbs, One Pronunciation

When sounding out the word won't help

What to Know

Accept is a verb meaning "to receive something willingly."

One can accept a giftfor example,

or a club can accepta new member.

Except is usually a preposition,

meaning "not including" or "but."

"Except" can also be a conjunctionmeaning "unless."

A tip for keeping them apart is to use "ex-cept"

when you want to "ex-clude."

In a sport where nothing is given, everything is earned,

Jadiel Pinales has excepted the challenge of trying to keep the Lowell High boys cross country team at the head of the Merrimack Valley Conference pack.
— The Lowell Sun, 27 Sept. 2018

For women, especially young women, it is important to see themselves reflected within their desired industries, as they will feel there is already space for them and that they will perceive that they will be readily excepted.
— Wrexham.com, 7 Mar. 2019

Malone couldn’t hide her wide smile as she curtsied and excepted the honor from the Prince of Wales.
— Inquisitr.com, 23 Feb. 2019

It's true: occasionally, you will encounter

except mistakenly written in place of accept.

(You might also see except where expect should be,

but that's more of a typographical issue.)

The confusionbetween except and accept

seems to be due to their similarity in sound.

Both words are primarily pronounced with

an initial \ik-\ followed by a stressed \-sept\,

which makes them homophones.

(Accept does have alternative pronunciations

beginning with \ak-\ or \ek-\, but they aren't as widespread.)

In addition, both words are verbs,

but that shouldn't be much of a factor

since their meanings are distinctly dissimilar.

If you're one who's prone to confusion over the pair,

we advise you to keep reading.

If you remember them every time, we also advise you to keep reading;

you might pick up a fun bit of grammar knowledge

you wouldn't have heard otherwise.

Basically, there's a little something for everyone; no one excepted.

When to Use 'Accept'

Accept only functions as a verb,

and its chief meaning is "to receiveor take (something) willingly."

That "something"could be practically anything:

a gift, a job offer, a responsibility, a risk, a bribe,

a personal check, a passcode, etc.

The word can also indicate that a person has come to think of something as true, proper, or normal:

A majority of scientists have accepted the theory.

His parents accepted his decision to move out of the house.

The family accepted their temporary housing situation.

Other common sensesrefer to allowing someone

to join a club, to attend a school, etc.,

as well as to regarding someone as belonging to a group.

Students, for example, could be accepted

at a school that they applied to,

or a significant other might feel accepted by their partner's family.

When to Use 'Except'

Except,on the other hand, is most often seen as a preposition.

In this function,it can mean "not including," "other than," or "but"

—as in "The restaurant is open daily except Mondays"

or "All the puppies were adopted except two"

—and it is often followed by for,

"Except forthat one typo, there were no mistakes."

Except is also a conjunction that is

more or less synonymouswith unless

("Students are not allowed to leave except in an emergency"),

but ("He does nothing except complain"),

and only ("We'd go, except that we already have plans").

Finally, except is a verb in its own right.

It has the meaning of "to leave out or exclude(someone or something)."

The fact that the two verbs, except and accept,

have entirely different connotations

makes their misuse that much more egregious to grammarians.

But we realizethat the verb except

is not often seen in everyday reading,

making it unfamiliar to many,

so, we'll regard the mix-up as an excusable mistake—for now.

When the verb is encountered, it is often in legal contexts.

Althoughhe put a moratorium on oil and gas drilling on both U.S. coasts — later extended by President Clinton — he excepted the Gulf of Mexico, perhaps a reflection of his prior oil industry interests.
— Marlene Cimons, The Huffington Post, 4 Dec. 2018

Present company excepted, the British media have, for 40 years,

largely suppressed or censored information that would show the vast benefits and advantages that accrue from our partnership with other European countries.
— Ian Flintoff, The Guardian, 22 Jan. 2019

In order to qualify for zero-duty trade among the three nations, automakers must certify that 75 percent of a car's parts are made in North America. Certain EV batteries, however, are excepted from this requirement.
— Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2019

You might also encounter the word in the sense of "to object,"

as in "exceptingto a witness/testimony."

The inflected form excepting is also used

As a variantof the preposition or conjunction except.

Mr. Banks would no doubt approve that the museum keeps bankers' hours: If you try to visit on the weekend, you are out of luck. It's open weekdays only, excepting, of course, bank holidays.
— Gary Warner, The Orange County Register, 16 Dec. 2013

Though seating is first-come, first-served,

with no guarantees for a particular performance

excepting if you make dinner reservations for the 8 p.m. shows each night.
— Donald Brown, The New Haven Independent, 26 Mar. 2019

Tip for Remembering the Difference

What this boils down to is that

if you are not studying or practicinglaw,

you probably will never need to contemplate using except or accept

—if you need a verb, there's a good chance

accept is what you're looking for in general writing.

Nevertheless,

it's goodto have knowledge of the verb except:

it's a nice tidbit to throw in when the topic of homophones

inevitably comes up at the bar.

And if, even after all of this, you still find yourself confusing the two,

here's a handy cheat sheet:

remember that the ex- spellingimplies "excluding."

By default, you will hopefully make the right choice.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Accept/Except

Question: He does nothing accept or except complain?

Answer: except

How to remember it:

Keep in mind the link between except and exception.

In an examplelike the one above,

except introducesthe only thing not referred to

by the previous statement - in other words,

it introduces an exception.

Dictionary of Problem Words in English

accept & except

These words have different pronunciations

and different meaning.

Acceptmeans “to receive,” “to agree with,” “to say yes to.”

As a verb, except means “to omit,” “to exempt,” “to exclude”;

as a preposition, it means “other than.”

Exceptshould not be used as a conjunction:

“He won’t except I tell him to” is substandard.

Some correct sentencesfollow:

“He did not accept the proposal.”

“Tod was excepted from the list of those invited.”

“Everyone except me knew the right answer.”