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Which sentence uses accept and except correctly?* 1) Everyone accept Matthew drank from the fountain. 2) It was hard to accept the fact that I should start over. 3) They all decided to except the invitation. 4) They except that they must whisper in the library.

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the correct answer is 2 because accept is to recieve and except is to exclude

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The correct sentence is 2, It was hard to accept the fact that I should start over.
This is because accept means recognizing and allowing something and except means excluding, without. Hope this helps!
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