
Oct 27th, 2007, 08:44 am
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Sue | | Join Date: Oct 8th, 2006 Location: Milan
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Re: appreciate question And Sue says ... Wow! I appreciate it
I'd go for wrong. Appreciate is a transitive verb and therefore must take an object. I think the omission of it is because of confusion with the similar I would be grateful if ...Both are treated as formulae, or "chunks" and used without thought to the meaning of the individual words. I know my students mix them up all the time ... |