Can “appreciate” be used in this way?
(I am not a native speaker.)
I just got an email regarding a failed order that used the following sentence:
I appreciate that this will not be what you wanted to hear and for that I apologize.
I understand what this sentence is trying to convey. But when you use I appreciate in that order, it sounds like he is appreciating that I am not satisfied.
I just wanted to know whether you can use appreciate like that, or whether whoever wrote that sentence made a small mistake.
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(I am not a native speaker.)
I just got an email regarding a failed order that used the following sentence:
I appreciate that this will not be what you wanted to hear and for that I apologize.
I understand what this sentence is trying to convey. But when you use I appreciate in that order, it sounds like he is appreciating that I am not satisfied.
I just wanted to know whether you can use appreciate like that, or whether whoever wrote that sentence made a small mistake.
meaning word-usage grammaticality formality
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"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago
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(I am not a native speaker.)
I just got an email regarding a failed order that used the following sentence:
I appreciate that this will not be what you wanted to hear and for that I apologize.
I understand what this sentence is trying to convey. But when you use I appreciate in that order, it sounds like he is appreciating that I am not satisfied.
I just wanted to know whether you can use appreciate like that, or whether whoever wrote that sentence made a small mistake.
meaning word-usage grammaticality formality
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(I am not a native speaker.)
I just got an email regarding a failed order that used the following sentence:
I appreciate that this will not be what you wanted to hear and for that I apologize.
I understand what this sentence is trying to convey. But when you use I appreciate in that order, it sounds like he is appreciating that I am not satisfied.
I just wanted to know whether you can use appreciate like that, or whether whoever wrote that sentence made a small mistake.
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"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago
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"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago
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"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago
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Appreciate comes from the same Latin root as appraise and the original meaning of these words is "to determine the price of something". In essence, this word means that some object or situation is being studied with the goal of finding its true nature or value. In this sense it perfectly conveys the shopkeeper's sentiment: he has learned of the situation and presumably finds it troublesome. However, he should have included that he feels unsatisfied with the outcome of his appraisal if he chooses to use the verb in such a way. So perhaps you could say that he made a slight mistake.
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That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
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Appreciate comes from the same Latin root as appraise and the original meaning of these words is "to determine the price of something". In essence, this word means that some object or situation is being studied with the goal of finding its true nature or value. In this sense it perfectly conveys the shopkeeper's sentiment: he has learned of the situation and presumably finds it troublesome. However, he should have included that he feels unsatisfied with the outcome of his appraisal if he chooses to use the verb in such a way. So perhaps you could say that he made a slight mistake.
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That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
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No problems! It is quite an interesting usage of this word haha
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Appreciate comes from the same Latin root as appraise and the original meaning of these words is "to determine the price of something". In essence, this word means that some object or situation is being studied with the goal of finding its true nature or value. In this sense it perfectly conveys the shopkeeper's sentiment: he has learned of the situation and presumably finds it troublesome. However, he should have included that he feels unsatisfied with the outcome of his appraisal if he chooses to use the verb in such a way. So perhaps you could say that he made a slight mistake.
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Appreciate comes from the same Latin root as appraise and the original meaning of these words is "to determine the price of something". In essence, this word means that some object or situation is being studied with the goal of finding its true nature or value. In this sense it perfectly conveys the shopkeeper's sentiment: he has learned of the situation and presumably finds it troublesome. However, he should have included that he feels unsatisfied with the outcome of his appraisal if he chooses to use the verb in such a way. So perhaps you could say that he made a slight mistake.
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Appreciate comes from the same Latin root as appraise and the original meaning of these words is "to determine the price of something". In essence, this word means that some object or situation is being studied with the goal of finding its true nature or value. In this sense it perfectly conveys the shopkeeper's sentiment: he has learned of the situation and presumably finds it troublesome. However, he should have included that he feels unsatisfied with the outcome of his appraisal if he chooses to use the verb in such a way. So perhaps you could say that he made a slight mistake.
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That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
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No problems! It is quite an interesting usage of this word haha
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That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
– user329649
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No problems! It is quite an interesting usage of this word haha
– tyler1
2 days ago
That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
– user329649
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That's really illuminating, thanks for the quick response.
– user329649
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No problems! It is quite an interesting usage of this word haha
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No problems! It is quite an interesting usage of this word haha
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"Appreciate" here means "understand". It's in the dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
I actually never new that appreciate had two different meanings. It is kind of humorous to not know the second meaning and read that sentence.
– Sweet_Cherry
2 days ago