'Accept,' for example, is a transitive verb; but when a friend invites you home to dinner, surely it is proper to say 'I accept,' rather than, 'I accept the invitation.' So also with 'recuse.' Whom or what else would a judge recuse, other than himself?" Hold on -- what's with this "probably correct" business?
"With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates," she said.
Inside Out teaches emotional acceptance, which is the essential idea that emotions need to be recognized and accepted, rather than suppressed and denied.
It was something she accepted rather than embraced.
Mr. Haider needs to be reassured that he is accepted rather than ostracized, Mr. Unterberger said.
Perhaps one or two of us might be accepted, rather than the family as a group.
If reality imposes imperfection, as it does, then imperfection must be recognized and accepted, rather than swept under the rug.
The structural factors driving up welfare costs, such as ageing, should be accepted – rather than denied and so putting undue pressure on other elements of social services.
In the end, Levy has accepted rather less, although he suggested he was glad Modric had gone to Madrid and not a domestic rival.
On the balance of the evidence, the report of Parrott's run should be accepted rather than rejected, but it still comes as something of a surprise.
The Giants stood by Tom Coughlin through a fourth straight year of missing the playoffs before giving him the option of resigning, which he accepted, rather than be fired.
