Accept and except are often confused with one another because they are homophones. Homophones are words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and meanings.
Accept is a verb. It is normally associated with the phrase "to receive." Ex: In a letter to Hollywood's Friar's Club, Groucho Marx said, "Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member." Ex: The candidate's views were not widely accepted. Note that in the above sentence "accepted" is used to mean "to agree that something is right." Except is most often used as a preposition. In this sense, it means "with the exclusion of." Ex: Mike brought everything on the camping trip except his kitchen sink. Except is occasionally used as a verb. In this sense, it means "to leave out." Ex: It is unfair to except Susan from the graduation ceremony. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > accept! accept! arrrrghhhhh Oh the grammar! :) >> On 9/7/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Really, I like XP much better than I like 2000, and I like >> XP 64 much >> better than XP, accept that printing thing, but that is >> OKIDATAs fault, not MS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172981 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
