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Post by felipemarcelus24 on Apr 14, 2017 21:33:42 GMT -2
May I use them interchangeably?
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Post by gavin on Apr 18, 2017 18:02:30 GMT -2
May I use them interchangeably? First of all, great word, "interchangeably"! Second, remember that "recognise" is the UK spelling (we spell it "recognize" in the US) Third, it seems to me that there's a subtle difference - could you find some example sentences so we can talk about them? |
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Post by felipemarcelus24 on Apr 21, 2017 21:47:03 GMT -2
Hi Gavin, thanks for your response, well, I don't know which sentence I could use as an example, well, let's try this: "The City Council recognised/acknowledged the right of me obtaining the citizenship" or "I acknowledge/recognise them by shaking hands and hugging them"or even "the academy recognise/acknowledge the reward to Mike..."
I do not know if these sentences are a good example for the question above nevertheless it's what I could think of.
And regarding the way of spelling it, yes, I know the differences, it's just that I learned British way of writing things due to the fact that I live in Dublin, Ireland and, in spite of the fact that the accent are notable different from the British, the way of spellings words is the same.
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Post by gavin on May 7, 2017 12:51:14 GMT -2
In all those sentences they're the same thing. I guess the big difference is just that "recognize" can also be used to physically see and recognize a friend, an acquaintance, etc. (reconhecer) while "acknowledge" cannot
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