Question

Form a noun by modifying the verb: accept
a. Acceptance
b. Accepted
c. Acceptence
d. Acception

Answer 1

Hint: Nouns formed from words describing an activity, i.e. verbs are often formed by adding a suffix towards the end, -ence or - ance. Identify the correct suffix.

Complete answer:

The correct verb form for the word accept would be option a, i.e., acceptance. It is formed by adding the suffix ‘-ance’ towards the end of the verb accept. Option b, accepted in the past participle of the verb ‘accept’, it is not a noun. Option c is incorrect as there is no such word as ‘acceptence’ in the English language. This word does not exist. Option c, ‘acception’ is the obsolete form of the noun acceptance. Both acceptance and acception are nouns, but the latter is no longer used in the present-day English language. Hence, option c is ruled out.

Note: Option a and c only differ by their suffixes. Therefore, it is important for one to have the knowledge of correct words of the English language and their spellings as it solely depends on that. If one does not know that there is no such word as ‘acceptence’ then there can be a confusion between the two. It is important to be well versed with the present-day English language words too, only then one would be able to rule out option d, as even d is a noun of the verb accept but is no longer in use.