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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Am I understood / It is understood

Dear teachers,

I notice my instructor has said it a few times in class, "Am I understood?". At first I thought she meant "Understood?" because it's how I would understand.

1. May I know what does she meant by that? Does it show more politeness using Passive Voice?

2. Do you reply "you're understood" or "It's understood" when she says "Am I understood"?

3. Sometimes people would ask, "Understood?" or "Understand?" to check your understanding. "Understand?" means "Do you understand?". How about "understood?"

Thank you.

TN
  

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1. - No 2. - No, just say 'Yes, I understand'.

— Mister Micawber

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  • - No 2.
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1. May I know what does she meant by that?--' Do you understand what I said?'
Does it show more politeness using Passive Voice?- No

2. Do you reply "you're understood" or "It's understood" when she says "Am I understood"?- No, just say 'Yes, I understand'.

3. "Understand?" means "Do you understand?"-- Yes
How about "understood?"-- 'Hav
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Dear Mister Micawber,

Would the reply "You are well understood" correct to situations like "Please understand we've done everything we could in this matter"?

Thank you.

Regards,

Tinanam
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"You are well understood"-- This is not a natural response to any English utterance in this century or the past two, Tinanam. We simply do not speak this way anymore...if we ever did. In the first place, throwing the utterance into passive voice has no rationale, and anyway we do not under normal circumstances repeat what is said to us; we either omit it or choose other wording.

If we
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Dear Mister Micawber,

Thank you for explaning it to me.

Regards,

Tinanam
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