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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Appreciate that

Is this a right way to use "appreciate"?

"I appreciate that you allow me to write down my practice here."

He uses "appreciate" for " thank you".

"Practice" is writing practice in English.
  

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Yes, that is OK, but 'write down my practice' sound odd: you'd better change it to what you said 'practice my writing'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, that is OK, but 'write down my practice' sound odd: you'd better change it to what you said 'practice my writing'.
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Yes, that is OK, but 'write down my practice' sound odd: you'd better change it to what you said 'practice my writing'.
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Thank you for your reply.

I was confused because English-Japanese dictionaries say "appreciate that..." mean

"to recognize or understand (something) ."

So it's okay to say thank you. I understand!

By the way, I live in Yokohama, Japan and you teach in Yokohama.

What a coincidence!
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Yes, formally 'appreciate' has that definition, but informally it is commonly used as in your sentence. That is a coincidence! Most of the people I meet here are in India or China or somewhere else far away.
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Hi! I joined here.

It's weird there are few Japanese here, because many Japanese

seem eager to learn English. Maybe Lang-8 is popular than here.

I've tried Lang-8 before but it was hard to get a proper reply and I quit.

So I really appreciated your quick response.

Thank you again.
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Hi Nao — thanks for joining us.

I'd never heard of Lang-8 before. There certainly are a lot of language websites, aren't there?
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