The phrase "as though acknowledging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone seems to recognize or accept something, often in a subtle or indirect manner.
Example: "She looked at him with a slight nod, as though acknowledging his point without fully agreeing."
Alternatives: "as if recognizing" or "as though conceding".
You can almost see his wink at the reader, as though acknowledging the fun he is having.
I figured that if I said, "I just got it out of the cashpoint," he would definitely refuse it, whereas if I glared back, he would accept it, sighing self-pityingly as though acknowledging that he was a soft touch.
Then RCA A&R man and producer Luigi Creatore, as though acknowledging the importance of the occasion, asked Sam to give him one more, and after a couple of false starts, the eighth take was nearly perfect.
It's an attempt to break the law politely, as though acknowledging that you are breaking the law somehow mitigates the fact that you are breaking the law, when, in fact, it just draws attention to it.
JZ: So, OK, there are two things I don't want to do right now (or in general): One is that thing where people act as though acknowledging and self-flagellating for their privilege, or their cowardice or their insufficiency, somehow magically negates it.
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Following the hearing DreamHost published a blog post hailing the court proceedings as a win, though acknowledging that it still viewed the DOJ's modified request as "overly broad".
Following the hearing DreamHost published a blog post hailing the court proceedings as a win, though acknowledging that it still viewed the DOJ's modified request as "overly broad". Still, the DOJ won't be able to obtain all of the information it originally sought, including the IP addresses of more than one million web visitors, and now that process will be heavily overseen by the court.
Peter Hall, though acknowledging Olivier as the head of the theatrical profession, thought Richardson the greater actor.
He cited not only Ptolemy but also the poet Aratus, the orator Cicero, and general Germanicus as coloring the star red, though acknowledging that none of the latter three authors were astronomers, the last two merely translating Aratus' poem Phaenomena.
That is why the reality (a graphical presentation of which can be seen at places such as this), though acknowledged by virtually all climatologists, is rejected, just disbelieved, by much of the public.
