Common Mistakes

ACCEPT VS EXCEPT

Accept is a verb, which means to agree to take something .
For example: "I always accept good advice."

Except is a preposition or conjunction, which means not including.
For example: "I teach every day except Sunday(s)."

ADVICE VS ADVISE

Advice is a noun, which means an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.
For example: "I need someone to give me some advice."

Advise is a verb, which means to give information and suggest types of action.
For example: "I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher."

Often in English the noun form ends in ...ice and the verb form ends in ...ise.