Disparage
He worked really hard to get this award and I tell him, “anybody can get that award.”. Can I say that I disparaged his achievement? I am trying to understand the meaning of it.
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Tsering Sherpa Can I say that I disparaged his achievement? This is not actually wrong, but it is relatively unusual to use this verb in a first-person affirmative statement. It does not seem to have a very positive connotation for the speaker.
- Tsering Sherpa Can I say that I disparaged his achievement?
- This is not actually wrong, but it is relatively unusual to use this verb in a first-person affirmative statement.
- It does not seem to have a very positive connotation for the speaker.
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- "He disparaged my achievement".
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Tsering SherpaCan I say that I disparaged his achievement?
This is not actually wrong, but it is relatively unusual to use this verb in a first-person affirmative statement. It does not seem to have a very positive connotation for the speaker. More usual would be e.g. "He disparaged my achievement".
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