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This program is designed for English learners, so we speak a little slower and we use words

and phrases especially written for people learning English.

On this program, Andrew Smith answers a listener's question about the word appeal.

Katie shares listeners' messages about their birthdays on everyday grammar.

John Russell has a story about the discovery of an ancient structure in Denmark,

then the final part of Rappuccini's daughter on American stories.

But first...

This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer the following question from a listener.

Dear Teacher, could you please say more about the meaning of appeal? Thank you.

Like many words in English, appeal has more than one meaning meaning it can also be more than one part of

speech a part of speech means the grammatical function a word has such as a noun

verb adverb, or adjective.

Let's look at the many ways we can use the word appeal.

As a verb, appeal means to make a request, often in official situations or involving important things.

Generally, we do not use appeal for normal everyday requests.

For example, we would not say,

I appeal for you to get some milk at the store.

But we would say something like

The earthquake victims appealed to the government for more aid.

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