Except/Accept and Affect/Effect

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A common error is the confusion of accept with except and affect with effect.
ac-cept 1. to receive, esp. willingly 2. to approve 3. to agree to 4. to believe in 5. to agree to pay

ex-cept to leave out or take out; exclude Prep. leaving out; but Conj. were it not that; only if it were not for

1. The whole army is out of step accept except Fred.

2. I'll accept except no money from that cheapskate.

3. Please accept except this pot of Mama's chicken soup.

4. It will cure anything accept except flat feet.

5. Rip could do anything accept except make money.

6. I had to accept except a nasty insult.

7. All the girls went to the game accept except Mary.

8. Howard could not accept except the job.

9. Every student volunteered to take the quiz accept except Joe.

10. I will accept except your gift if you let me pay for my lunch.

    

    af-fect 1. to have an effect on; influence 2. to stir the emotions of 3. to like to use, wear, etc. 4. to make a pretense of being, feeling, etc.
    ef-fect 1. anything brought about by a cause; result 2. the power to cause results 3. influence. 4. meaning [spoke to this effect] 5. an impression made on the mind, or its cause 6. a being operative or in force 7. belongings; property to bring about; accomplish

11. Television has its affect effect on public opinion.

12. Kisses can affect effect my thinking, too.

13. Soap advertisements don't affect effect Stinky.

14. Falling on my head had a bad affect effect on my memory.

15. Smog can affect effect your lungs.

16. Study the laws of cause and affect effect .

17. Slim tried to affect effect an escape through the ventilator.

18. This salary cut may affect effect his living habits.

19. The supply of a certain item may have an affect effect on the price.

20. The affect effect of the speech was visible on the faces of the sleeping audience.

21. The beauty of the scene will surely affect effect his indifference.

22. We shall never know the full affect effect of the drink.

23. The heavy snows will affect effect the first crops this winter.

24. What kind of affect effect can this quiz have on your dinner tonight?

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