Appeal - February 26, 2025

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1. 0:00This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer the following question from a listener.
2. 0:09Dear Teacher, could you please say more about the meaning of appeal?
3. 0:15Thank you. Like many words in English, appeal has more than one meaning.
4. 0:24It can also be more than one part of speech.
5. 0:28A part of speech means the grammatical function a word has,
6. 0:35such as a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective.
7. 0:41Let's look at the many ways we can use the word appeal.
8. 0:48As a verb, appeal means to make a request,
9. 0:53often in official situations or involving important things.
10. 1:00Generally, we do not use appeal for normal everyday requests.
11. 1:07For example, we would not say, I appeal for you to get some milk at the store.
12. 1:16But we would say something like,
13. 1:20the earthquake victims appealed to the government for more aid.
14. 1:26Appealing We can change the meaning of appeal by making it an adjective.
15. 1:35One way to do this is to use the ing ending.
16. 1:41This forms the word appealing, which describes something that has a pleasing quality.
17. 1:50Consider the following examples.
18. 1:54That job is really appealing to me.
19. 1:58Her dress looks really appealing.
20. 2:01The nice weather makes that city so appealing.
21. 2:05That argument is appealing to many voters.
22. 2:09As shown in these examples, we can use the adjective appealing to describe many different things.
23. 2:19The word appeal can also be used as a noun.
24. 2:25One meaning as a noun describes a formal or urgent request, as shown in the following examples.
25. 2:35Their appeal for help was not answered.
26. 2:39The employees made an appeal to reduce the number of hours of work.
27. 2:43The second example above shows that
28. 2:48we often use the verb make before the noun appeal.
29. 2:55The word appeal can also be used as a noun to describe a quality that creates interest,
30. 3:04sympathy, or attraction.
31. 3:07Here are some examples of that usage.
32. 3:10The museum's design has a lot of appeal.
33. 3:15The appeal of that music is its simplicity.
34. 3:20Using appeal in the law
35. 3:23Appeal is also often used in legal matters, both as a noun or a verb.
36. 3:31As a noun, it means a formal request to a court
37. 3:37to review a decision by another court.
38. 3:41If one court accepts the other's request, we can say the court granted the appeal.
39. 3:51If the court rejects the appeal, we can say the court denied it.
40. 3:57The following example shows appeal being used as a verb in legal English.
41. 4:05The defense team will likely appeal the decision.
42. 4:11An adjective form of appeal is also used in the legal system.
43. 4:16The adjective appellate describes a kind of court that deals with cases
44. 4:24that have been appealed.
45. 4:27For our readers and listeners, what are your questions about American English?
46. 4:34Was this lesson appealing to you?
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50. 4:53And that's Ask a Teacher.
51. 4:56I'm Andrew Smith.