Hear/here and accept/except | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar Video Lecture | Complete Course on English Grammar: Upgrade your Speaking & Listening - Personal Skills

hello grammarians today we're going to
talk about two sets of frequently
confused words here and here and except
vs. except these words are pronounced
very similarly to one another but they
have very different meanings and so what
I'm going to try and do is define these
words for you and then come up with
mnemonic devices memory aids to help you
keep them straight the word here har is
a verb and it means to listen to sense
something with your ears the word H e re
here is an adverb and it signals that
something is close by so an example for
the verb here is to say I hear a bird
song I hear bird song oh so lovely those
are beautiful bird there's it's
beautiful song and we're hearing it now
in order to remember that H EA R
involves listening I like to point out
that it actually contains the word ear
the very device that we use to hear
things in the first place that's a human
er alright they're here ear lobe tragus
your scaphoid ha ha parts of the year so
just remember that here contains the
word ear here the adverb however let's
use this and an example the secret
treasure should be right here in order
to keep this one straight I like to
remember that here rhymes with near
which is what it means right when
something is here it's directly next to
you or near you so for here with an a
there's an ear in it too but with here
with an e it's it's nearness to you next
the words except and except these are
pronounced very slightly differently so
except here is a verb and it means to go
along with or to receive and then I
accept this gift in the name of Spain
and accept on the other hand is a
conjunction
and a preposition which can kind of be
used the same way that but is used sort
of it in everything but way so so for
example I like every vegetable except
zucchini which isn't true I like
zucchini a great deal but you can see
how it's being used like but it's kind
of exclusionary which is how we're going
to tell the difference between these two
words this gives us the basis for our
mnemonic so remember that except is
spelled e XC EPT which is also the first
three letters of a similar word exclude
so except exclude stuff and except is
spelled ACC EPT so we're going to say
that's very similar to access so except
with an a bring something in and except
with an e keep something out you can
learn anything Dave it out