accept/except
The verb accept means “to receive or believe”; except is usually a preposition meaning “excluding.”
- Except for some of the more extraordinary events, I can accept that the Odyssey recounts a real journey.
Extra Examples:
- Give her a little time to accept the idea.
- Sometimes we have to accept change, if we want to move forward.
- It was still hard to accept what they had done.
- Snuggling close, she lifted her face to accept his kiss.
- You were ready to accept that fact already.
- They won't even be together except weekends.
- Everything was in good order except the boots.
- Nothing else mattered except that she was alive.
- Good looking, except he uses Fran Tarkenton's barber.
- Otherwise, it looked the way she left it, except that the air conditioning was off.