BLOG #14: Accept/Except; Past/Passed; Height/Heighth (English Grammar Made Easy)

andrewyiannakis's avatarAndrew's Blogs

Original file ‎ (1,426 × 1,904 pixels, file size: 572 KB, MIME type ...
December 31st, 2016

In this blog I address three common errors in the use of accept/except,  past/passed and height/heighth

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D.
Research Professor
University of New Mexico

A. ACCEPT or EXCEPT

(i) To Accept (verb):  to receive or take willingly;  to recognize as true;  to endure without
protest.

(ii)  Except (preposition) : This means “not including something” or “other than”.

Examples:  “Everyone has passed EXCEPT John”. And,  “the bank is open every day       EXCEPT Sunday.

B. PAST or PASSED

(i) Past  (adjective): A point in time before the present;  refers to time that has gone by,  as
in the PAST. Or,  “Christine was hired based on her PAST experience in
marketing”.
(ii) Passed (verb): The past tense of the verb “to pass”. Examples include,  “David PASSED
me on the freeway”;  “Duncan PASSED away (e.g., died)”; or,  “Roger PASSED  the exam”.

C. HEIGHT or HEIGHTH (note the incorrect presence of…

View original post 100 more words

Unknown's avatar

Author: andrewyiannakis

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico (USA). He is also Professor Emeritus from the University of Connecticut where he taught the Sociology of Leisure, Tourism & Sport, as well as Research Methods and Computer Applications. He also holds the rank of 8th Dan in Traditional Jujutsu and a 6th Dan in Traditional Kodokan Judo. He is the Director of the Institute of Traditional Martial Arts at the University of New Mexico. He is also the Chair of the Traditional Jujutsu Committee of the USJJF. As an amateur historian, he has led several expeditions to Greece to conduct research at Thermopylae, and locate the path the Persians used in 480 BC to encircle, and defeat King Leonidas and the Greek allies. Prof. Yiannakis has published extensively in a number of areas.

Leave a comment