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Which sentence uses the commonly confused words correctly?
The sentence with the auditor accepting the statements except the note on leases is correct, because accept means to receive and except means excluding. The other sentences misuse effect and affect, or wrongly write it's instead of the possessive its.
- AThe company's new policy will effect all employees adversely.
- BThe CEO's speech had a strong affect on investors.
- CThe auditor will accept the revised statements, except the note on leases.Correct
- DThe committee gave it's approval to the proposal.
Explanation
In the third sentence 'accept' (receive) and 'except' (excluding) are both right. In the first, 'affect' is needed as a verb meaning influence. In the second, 'effect' is needed as a noun. In the fourth, 'its' without apostrophe is the possessive.
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