TOEIC : Error Recognition

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for TOEIC

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Example Questions

Example Question #8 : Identifying Word Choice Errors

I like all flavors of ice cream accept strawberry. 

How should this sentence be re-written?

Possible Answers:

I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. 

I like all flavors of ice cream beside strawberry. 

No error

I like all flavors of ice cream with the acception of strawberry. 

Correct answer:

I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. 

Explanation:

The correct answer is "I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry." The error in the original sentence is with the commonly mistaken words accept and except. Accept is a verb that means to agree with or to allow, and except is an a preposition that means "apart from." This sentence requires the word with the latter meaning. Acception is not a word; the correct spelling is exception. Also, "I like all flavors of ice cream beside strawberry" is incorrect because the word beside needs an s ("besides").

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