Use of appreciable
Hi
I am aware that the word appreciable exists in English. Would you say it sounds natural here?
- Nothing he did in that party was appreciable.
- None of his works as an artist is appreciable.
- Do you think the mess you created last night is appreciable?
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
None of them seem correct. Discernible, perceptible, or measurable are the best synonyms. Ex.
- None of them seem correct.
- Discernible, perceptible, or measurable are the best synonyms.
- Ex.
- We saw no appreciable difference between his earlier works of art and his latest.
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None of them seem correct.
Discernible, perceptible, or measurable are the best synonyms.
Ex. We saw no appreciable difference between his earlier works of art and his latest.
0You are trying to use "appreciable" predicatively, and it is not comfortable in that role. Sentence 3 is just possible, I guess. Look at this page from the good folks at Oxford: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/attributive-and-predicative-adjectives
0Mr. TomWould you say it sounds natural here?
No. 'appreciable' is more likely to occur with these abstract nouns:
effect, amount, difference, extent, change, degree, increase, quantity, improvement, level, results, damage
These are generally measurable in some way.
Of course it also occurs with less abstract nouns on occasion. For
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