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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
"acquiescent"
Could you please check if I am using the word "acquiescent" correctly?
Outwardly peaceful, inwardly tempestuous, she acquiesced to an arragenged marrage. By being an acquiescent person she commited a crime against her true feelings.
How could you expect from an acquiescent person to fight the authority and their downright unfair plan?
Reluctantly, he acquiesced to do his homework.
Thank you!
Hope
Outwardly peaceful, inwardly tempestuous, she acquiesced to an arragenged marrage. By being an acquiescent person she commited a crime against her true feelings.
How could you expect from an acquiescent person to fight the authority and their downright unfair plan?
Reluctantly, he acquiesced to do his homework.
Thank you!
Hope
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Hi, 'Acquiesce' has two slightly different shades of meaning, each involving a different preposition. It's an intransitive verb, and needs a preposition. With the adjectival form, you can avoid the preposition problem.
- Hi, 'Acquiesce' has two slightly different shades of meaning, each involving a different preposition.
- It's an intransitive verb, and needs a preposition.
- With the adjectival form, you can avoid the preposition problem.
- Acquiesce to = to agree (to a request).
- eg He acquiesced to her request that he should do his homework.
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Hi,
'Acquiesce' has two slightly different shades of meaning, each involving a different preposition. It's an intransitive verb, and needs a preposition. With the adjectival form, you can avoid the preposition problem.
Acquiesce to = to agree (to a request). eg He acquiesced to her request that he should do his homework.
'Acquiesce' has two slightly different shades of meaning, each involving a different preposition. It's an intransitive verb, and needs a preposition. With the adjectival form, you can avoid the preposition problem.
Acquiesce to = to agree (to a request). eg He acquiesced to her request that he should do his homework.
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Outwardly peaceful, inwardly tempestuous, she acquiesced to an arragenged (sp.) marrage. By being acquiescent (sounds better this way) she commited a crime against her true feelings.
This sounds odd to me:
Reluctantly, he acquiesced to do his homework.
Just my 2c. (Waiting for a grammarian for his/her 2c now)
Edited: Never mind. Danc
This sounds odd to me:
Reluctantly, he acquiesced to do his homework.
Just my 2c. (Waiting for a grammarian for his/her 2c now)
Edited: Never mind. Danc
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Clice, my dictionary says that "acquiesce" means to accept or to agree to something, often(how often is often, I'm asking) unwillingly, while acuiescent means to agree to everything without complaining. I noticed that you did not use the word "unwillingly" when explaining the meaning of "acquiesce", even though it is implied in each sentence. Why is that?
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Hello Hope,
I noticed that you did not use the word "unwillingly" when explaining the meaning of "acquiesce", even though it is implied in each sentence. Why is that?
Human failing, I guess. And because it was already implied in the examples.
You're right, of course.
Clive
I noticed that you did not use the word "unwillingly" when explaining the meaning of "acquiesce", even though it is implied in each sentence. Why is that?
Human failing, I guess. And because it was already implied in the examples.
You're right, of course.
Clive
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