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Have you ever heard the word acclaimed use in speech?
It is used in novels and children’s books quite often but I have never heard anyone use it in a sentence. Have you? Have you ever used it? Why does it still exist?
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Yes, I have heard it used, but not often. Only a couple of hundred words make up most of the words we use everyday. However, we keep all those other words because we need them sometimes, and they are used in literature and to make writing interesting. There are thousands of words that aren’t used very much, but we still keep them and need them. If you think “acclaimed” isn’t used much, have a look at these!
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I have seen it used in newspapers and such. It’s usually paired wit the word critically, so it’s usually seen as “critically acclaimed”. Basically that just means that whatever is being described is well received by the critics of that particular type.I haven’t used it in a sentence out loud but I use it when i am writing about something that is well known received well by critics. I suppose words don’t stop existing just that they cease to be used. People other you or i still use it so that’s why it continues to “exist”. I hope this answers your question.
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It’s a somewhat (but not overly) formal word that people often use when describing any sort of media or art, such as a book or movie. “Nicole Kidman starred in the critically acclaimed movie Cold Mountain”.
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It is a claim that acclaim is used in speech, but
the use of acclaim in speech is not widely acclaimed.
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I’ve heard it before. Imagine a press blurb saying “The acclaimed author or novelist…..” it still exists because people still use it simple as that really.
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Most definatly, especially when talking about another person, ie: Let me introduce you to my acclaimed collegue John.
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Written by acclaimed author so so…
Means recognized, well known!
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Your questions, in order:
Yes
Yes
Yes
Because it gets used. Maybe not often, but if we deleted words from the dictionary because of lack of popularity alone, we’d soon have only slang left.
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