Choose the correct word: The hospital accepted all patients ____ those with contagious diseases.
- A. accept
- B. except
- C. expect
- D. aspect
Explanation
Except means excluding, while accept means to receive willingly, and the sentence needs the sense of leaving a group out. Expect means to anticipate and aspect means a feature or side of something. These four are confused because they sound similar in rapid speech.
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