Attention english nerds: Can I borrow ur brain?

Question

Ok I have to write this stupid essay.
I know right?
Anyways, if you wanted to say something like:
Blue is a light color with the (acceptance or exception) of indigo..
whats the difference between accept and except?
and this is kinda random..but whats the difference between affect and effect? detailed answers would be nice.
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

i know that this is long, but you said you wanted detailed!



ac⋅cept

  /ækˈsɛpt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ak-sept] Show IPA

–verb (used with object)

1. to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.

2. to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.

3. to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation.

4. to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president.

5. to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.

6. to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation.

7. to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.

8. to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.

9. to receive as to meaning; understand.

10. Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.

11. (in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: The report of the committee was accepted.

12. to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.

13. to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def. 7).

ex⋅cept

1  /ɪkˈsɛpt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ik-sept] Show IPA

–preposition

1. with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me.

–conjunction

2. only; with the exception (usually fol. by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.

3. otherwise than; but (fol. by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here.

4. Archaic. unless.

—Idiom

5. except for, if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money.

af⋅fect

1  /v. əˈfɛkt; n. ˈæfɛkt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt] Show IPA

–verb (used with object)

1. to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.

2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.

3. (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.

–noun

4. Psychology. feeling or emotion.

5. Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response: Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.

6. Obsolete. affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling.

ef⋅fect

  /ɪˈfɛkt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-fekt] Show IPA

–noun

1. something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.

2. power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.

3. the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.

4. a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.

5. meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.

6. the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect.

7. an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect.

8. a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect.

9. special effects.

–verb (used with object)

10. to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.

—Idioms

11. in effect,

a. for practical purposes; virtually: His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor.

b. essentially; basically.

c. operating or functioning; in force: The plan is now in effect.

12. take effect,

a. to go into operation; begin to function.

b. to produce a result: The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

Answer 2

Blue is a light color with the exception of indigo. Exception is a deliberate act of omission, which means that it's not included. In that sentence, indigo is not included. Make sense? Acceptance means credence: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true. Affect means to have an effect upon, while effect consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon or an end result, basically. Here are sentences with affect and effect: Kelly's exam grades will affect her overall GPA; Your rude remarks do not have an effect on me." It's confusing, but you'll get the hang of it. Good luck! ;D

Answer 3

The word affect is primarily used as a verb in English. It has two main meanings, which are closely related. Affect may mean to alter the feelings of, or to change the mental state of someone or something. It may also mean, in a broader sense, to change or affect someone or something in any way. So it is that we might say: How will the election affect the course of history? We might also say: The painting affected him so deeply he could not speak.



The word effect, in contrast, is used primarily as a noun in English. It has a number of related meanings, but generally speaking refers to the result of something, the power something might have to get that result, or a phenomenon in the world. An example of the word used to refer to the result of something would be: The election had no effect on the course of history. We might also say: The effect of the painting on him was profound. Phenomena are often also referred to as effects, such as the photoelectric effect or the greenhouse effect.



More information can be found here

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-affect-and-effect.htm





As for except and accept.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2086436_use-accept-except-correctly.html



When writing and speaking, people often use the words accept and except interchangeably and therefore incorrectly. Accept is a verb meaning "to take or receive," while except is a verb, preposition or idiom meaning "to exclude" or "excluding." The words sound and look similar, but have very different meanings. Follow the steps in the link to learn how to use the words accept and except correctly.

Answer 4

Not sure if asking for the attention of an English nerd is the best, most polite way to get your homework done for you. Perhaps you need some lessons in good manners?

Color? Do you mean colour?



I accept your invitation to help you, but take exception to your manner of asking.

There is a acceptance that blue is a light colour, with the exception of Indigo, which is a dark colour.



The effect of your behaviour could affect me badly.

The effect of blue affects my mood.



;-)

Answer 5

In your case, except means to not include indigo and accept means to recieve something willingly. Afffect is a verb (Cutting down the tree will greatly affect the forest) and effect is a noun (An effect of cutting down the tree is homelessness for the chipmunks).

Answer 6

ok



acceptance mean you work include the colour indigo exeption mean indigo would not be light.



accept is to take what you are offered

except is to single something out i.e i like all sports soccer which means you dont like soccer.



affect is used as a emotion but sorry cant think or a example.

effect is like a sound effect for a movie i.e trying to make something sound as close as it does in real life.

Answer 7

in that sentence you would use exception.



Acceptance means like for example.. if you accept a gift, or you accept that someone doesn't like you.



Exception - eg. Everyone I know lives in a big house EXCEPT me.



If you affect something you are making it change, the effect is what comes of the change. For example - 'He was deeply affected by his mothers death' and 'The effects of the flood were devastating'



:)

Answer 8

accept = you have 'accepted' something, i.e. a gift

except = an exception to a general rule i.e. there are all girls in my class except me

affect and effect are the same I think, but affect is in the present tense (that film affected me alot) and effect (a cause and effect relationship)

hope i helped

Answer 9

My peers ACCEPT me



I like all vegetables, EXCEPT carrots.



Get it? :)



So it's "Blue is a light colour with the exception of Indigo"



Afffect is the Effect something has on something :)



You have a special EFFECT on me



His talk AFFECTED me.

Answer 10

'exception', is the word you want.



'Except' is a preposition meaning "with the exception of," or "not including."



e.g., All European languages are Indo-European, except Basque and Finnish.



You could also say "with the exception of Basque and Finnish."



"Accept" is a verb meaning "to receive" or "to allow".



e.g., Napoleon refused to accept the imperial crown from the pope.

Answer 11

In english, "accept" is to take in or allow to be; not to indicate things set apart, as in the case of "except". "Except is to make an exception, all of these_( items)__'s except the _blue_ones".



With except you are not distinguishing, setting apart or aside. It's never I except all but this one: Try this sentence: I accept this one and that one, -- except ("a" before "e") (especially not) that one.



Accept is not to differentiate as in the above: Try: "All of those are broken" (a discipitive adjective or adverb) ), so I will not accept (your invitation to) any of them. "I agree or allow" is another way of saying "I accept".



Best,

Aerolito

Answer 12

Accept means something like "You will accept this." (like receive)

Except means an exception like "Anything but (except) that".

Answer 13

Sorry, I'm not an English Nerd.

And you can't borrow my brain, it is attached to some chords on my head.

Answer 14

i aint english & i aint a nerd,

sorry about the aint im from leeds :) XXX

Answer 15

im welsh but you can borrow mine

Answer 16

What?