THe author is speaking to an unknown person asking typical questions
Answer:
It is a word flies
Sorry that's all I can help.
I suggest you watch this video. It's only one minute and it explains a lot. Hope this helps!
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-statistics/analyzing-categorical-ap/analyzing-one-categorical-va...
Accept means you've been accepted to something, and except means you didn't do something.
Present participle.
example base verb. play
present participle - playing.