Kaori
I have a question: „I appreciate the inconvenience... f.e: I appreciate the inconvenience but we can't through until the road is clear.“ Does this sentence or the phrase sound so strange? One of my friend and his American friend said this one is absolutely strange. That made me confused because I learned it by a British teacher at a language school which has all native speaker from US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa etc. They teach us with textbooks. And they usually tell us when some grammar, words and things sounds strange for the teacher, or if it is just American or British English.  So I know that there are lots of things that it sounds strange for some native speaker. I want to hear your opinion. Thanks in advance.🐰
10 февр. 2023 г., 22:30
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In this context “appreciate” means to understand or to sympathise with……..the inconvenience (problem or issue caused consequences to you) So the officer is saying….. I really understand you have been badly affected by this, but I can’t let you go through ( the barriers or pass him) to get onto the closed road.
10 февраля 2023 г.
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As others has implied, the problem is that APPRECIATE has different definitions. The most common is to be thankful for: I appreciate everything my parents did for me. As Lenka said, it can also mean to understand, especially something that is negative. In this sentence, it might be best to use a different word to avoid confusion. UNDERSTAND is probably the obvious choice
11 февраля 2023 г.
I'm not sure about the British, but Americans would probably not use that sentence except maybe a very formal situation but even then I doubt it. More common would be "I know it's convenient ... "
11 февраля 2023 г.
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