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Dadge - 02 Jul 2009 00:10 GMT

Have any of you heard anyone say they "appreciate of" something?

http://idlish.blogspot.com/2009/07/appreciate-of.html

Adrian

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Ildhund - 02 Jul 2009 00:37 GMT

Dadge wrote...

> Have any of you heard anyone say they "appreciate of" something?

No.
If you're collecting appreciative oddities, I've twice in the last
few days spotted "any assistance greatfully appreciated". Google
throws up 20,000 hits; the other 130,000 instances of "greatfully"
are presumably just typos or misspellings.

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Kalmia - 02 Jul 2009 00:38 GMT

> Have any of you heard anyone say they "appreciate of" something?
>
> http://idlish.blogspot.com/2009/07/appreciate-of.html
>
> Adrian

No. It's "I appreciate your help"
OR
"I'm appreciative of your help."

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Jerry Friedman - 02 Jul 2009 14:14 GMT

> Have any of you heard anyone say they "appreciate of" something?
>
> http://idlish.blogspot.com/2009/07/appreciate-of.html

Was it Mrs. Gamp in /Martin Chuzzlewit/? ("Who deniges of it,
Betsey?" apparently.)

Or one of the folk?

("As me and my companions
Were setting of a snare...")

--
Jerry Friedman

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009

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