Accepted vs Excepted

March 28th, 2008, 10:33 AM

Two words with same sounds but with 2 very different meanings....Discuss!

March 28th, 2008, 10:36 AM

I find it really easy to remember the diff between the two, when I give it conscious thought. But I'm sure I probably slip up and use them wrong when I'm not thinking about it. lol.

accept, to embrace.

except, to cut out.

March 28th, 2008, 10:36 AM

what screws me up the worst is affect and effect

March 28th, 2008, 10:40 AM

Parity and Parody.

March 31st, 2008, 01:48 AM

The greatest trouble I had when I was a linguistics student, was with words "Palpable" and "Tangible". I kept forgetting what these words meant. And as they mean the same things, it gave me even more trouble. Very often, while getting ready for a test, I would ask one of my classmates - what does "tangible" mean? And get the answer - it's the same thing as palpable. Thank you very much, you were a great help!

March 31st, 2008, 02:09 AM

Yeah, English is horribly senseless sometimes, isn't it. Just think about the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings, of these words: bough, bow (one rhymes with bough, one rhymes with tow) tough, though, through... Madness.

March 31st, 2008, 05:52 AM

Accepted vs Excepted
Words like lead, lead, led and others like read, read, and red. For one who's mother tongue is not English these are but a few examples but that's the language.

March 31st, 2008, 05:53 AM

They're over there with their toys........??? Tried explaining the difference to our 6 year old...sigh