accept/except

"I except your thanks." Wow. That's actually kind of insulting. Here is yet another pair of words commonly misused.

"Accept" means "to receive; to take on." You can accept a challenge, a donation, congratulations, yada, yada, yada.

"Except" means "to exclude; to reject; to leave out." Everyone can go except you.

When you say you except my thanks, it really means you're rejecting those thanks. How dare you. Who do you think you are anyway? What did I ever do to you?

Maybe I just won't post tomorrow. Okay, I will. You're forgiven.