Use the following definitions to answer the question. accept: 1. (verb) to take, to receive except: 1. (verb) to leave out, to exclude which sentence contains correct word usage? a raise was given to all employees accept the intern. the school was happy to except all donations to support their programs. except this as a token of my appreciation. the restaurant will only accept deliveries through the back entrance.

The sentence that most correctly uses the verbs correctly is C -  The restaurant will only accept deliveries through the back entrance.

Sentence A wrongly used the accept when it should have used 'except'. Sentence B wrongly used the verb except rather than the word 'accept'.

Correct Word Usage simply means using the right words (verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.) in the right places within a sentence.

If I said, "I'd like to swim up the stairs" that would be incorrect as opposed to "i'd like to run up the stairs".

To be able to use words correctly one must understand the meaning of the words being used as well as how and when to use them.

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