{"id":11035,"date":"2021-01-15T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2021-01-12T01:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:46:50","slug":"rodd-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/rodd-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Often Confused Words&#8230;\u3000Accept?or Except?\u3082\u3046\u3053\u308c\u3067\u9593\u9055\u308f\u306a\u3044\uff01"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>This time let us take a look at some easily and often confused words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2460<strong>Accept and Except<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Accept means:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> &#8220;to hold something as true,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> &#8220;to receive something willingly,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> &#8220;to answer yes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I <span class=\"highlight\">accept<\/span> he may have been tired, but he should be more polite.<\/li>\n<li>I <span class=\"highlight\">accept<\/span> her behavior, I&#8217;m not sure whether she\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">accepts<\/span> mine.<\/li>\n<li>The queen has <span class=\"highlight\">accepted<\/span> your invitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Except means:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> &#8220;apart from,&#8221; &#8220;excluding&#8221;. <strong>For example:<\/strong> In this world nothing is free, <span class=\"highlight\">except<\/span> the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> &#8220;but,&#8221; &#8220;if not the fact that&#8221;. <strong>For example:<\/strong> I always answer the phone, <span class=\"highlight\">except<\/span> when I don&#8217;t want to.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. <\/b>&#8220;to exclude&#8221;. <strong>For example:<\/strong> They are <span class=\"highlight\">excepted<\/span> from the general rule.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2461Affect and Effect<\/h2>\n<p><b>Affect\u00a0<\/b>means to impact on, to transform, or to change. For example:\u00a0Did the cold <b>affect<\/b> you?\u00a0Do not use low-fat milk. It will <b>affect<\/b> the taste.<\/p>\n<p><b>Effect<\/b>\u00a0means result, consequence, or appearance. For example: What <b>effect<\/b> did your sickness have?\u00a0That is a nice <b>effect<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2462Drank and Drunk<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Drank&#8221;<\/strong> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammar-monster.com\/glossary\/simple_past_tense.htm\">past tense<\/a> of &#8220;to drink.&#8221; For example: I <span class=\"highlight\">drank<\/span> my coffee too quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Drunk&#8221;<\/strong> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammar-monster.com\/glossary\/past_participles.htm\">past participle<\/a> of &#8220;to drink&#8221; ( the version that follows &#8220;had,&#8221; &#8220;has,&#8221; or &#8220;have&#8221;). For example: I have <span class=\"highlight\">drunk<\/span> too much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A &#8220;drunk&#8221;<\/strong> is a person who drinks too much or is an alcoholic. For example: She is a <span class=\"highlight\">drunk<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Drunk&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>can be an adjective, which\u00a0means intoxicated. For example: The <span class=\"highlight\">drunk<\/span> man was not as handsome as he thought.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2463Fewer and Less<\/h2>\n<p>Use <strong>&#8220;less&#8221;<\/strong> when referring to a single thing. For example: less homework; less milk; less speed.<\/p>\n<p>Use <strong>&#8220;fewer&#8221;<\/strong> when referring to more than one item. For example: fewer words; fewer pieces of apple; fewer people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2464See, Look, and Watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;To see&#8221;<\/strong> means to discern with the eyes. For example:\u00a0I <span class=\"highlight\">see<\/span> you. According to Jack, Paula\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">sees<\/span> the world in black and white.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;To look&#8221;<\/strong> means to utilize the power to see. For example:\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">Look<\/span> at the stars. I will <span class=\"highlight\">look<\/span> for you on the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;To watch&#8221;<\/strong> means to concentrate on something you are seeing (usually something that is moving). For example:\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">Watch\u00a0<\/span>the TV. \u00a0She\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">watched<\/span> the fish. He watched the girl walk over from the bar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope some of these guides were of use to you, and we can go over some more in the next blog.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, This time let us take a look at some easily and often confused words&#8230; &nbsp; \u9593\u9055\u3044\u3084\u3059\u3044\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\u306e\u30da\u30a2\u30fc\u2460Accept and Except Accept means: 1. &#8220;to hold something as true,&#8221; 2. &#8220;to r&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":11036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,441,5],"tags":[101,130],"class_list":["post-11035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-native","category-word","category-learning","tag-101","tag-130","article cf"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11038,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions\/11038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}