These two English words are sometimes confused by native speakers. Please accept my invitation to learn the difference with this lesson.
Accept is a verb that means "to receive, admit, regard as true, say yes."
The noun acceptance refers to the "act or process of accepting, approval, or agreement."
Except is a preposition that means "excluding."
Except is also a conjunction that means "if not for the fact that" or "other than."
Except is a fairly uncommon verb that means "to leave out, exclude."
The noun exception means "exclusion" or "one that is excepted."
The Bottom Line
The confusion between accept and except is due to their somewhat similar spelling and pronunciation. In fact, it’s rather strange that they do get confused, because the meaning of accept and the meaning of except when used as a verb are more or less opposites.
In the majority of situations, when you want to use a verb, that verb is accept. Except is rarely used as a verb, but when it is, it means "to leave out" not "to receive or agree to."
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