A couple of months ago I saw a story on the ten o'clock news about private social clubs in our area. It was a continuing story so they showed the same video over several nights: a sign on one of the club's doors that said, "Donation Excepted."
According to Dictionary.com, "Excepted" means excluded or left out...
What I think the club probably meant to say was "Donations Accepted."
According to Dictionary.com, "Accepted" means "generally approved" or "usually regarded as normal, right, etc."
The moral of the story? Make sure you use the correct word or you just may actually discourage people from doing what you want them to do.
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