The phrase "earn appreciation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when one person or group has done something for which they should be praised. Example: The volunteer firefighters spent many hours putting out the fire, and they deserve to earn appreciation for their hard work.
But it was as a heartbroken mother-to-be in the Almeida Theatre's production of Neil La Bute's play Reasons to be Pretty that Piper truly earned appreciation for her acting ability.
"The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust," he said.
Now, as we have explained in an earlier article (May 22, 2006), you can do better than earn the appreciation in the spot price.
If the aim of the "Meet the PlayBook" event is, as a friendly RIM representative insisted to me, simply to make people aware that the BlackBerry PlayBook exists, then Research In Motion appears certain to earn the appreciation and awareness of at least a couple thousand foodies and tourists in the Meatpacking District over the next two weeks.
That means, when you're aiming to earn their appreciation, you're aiming to provide information that readers will want to read as well as share with people they know.
By the time he died in 1868 he had earned the appreciation of millions of slaves he helped free, and further admiration as "the father of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments".
Golisano, a Rochester businessman, bought the Sabres out of bankruptcy in 2003 and earned the appreciation of Buffalo fans who feared the club might move.
Then, through his rehabilitation and his fight with cancer, he earned new appreciation as a flawed hero finally taking control of his life.
Wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose earned the appreciation of his team-mates when his 13th career century rescued Warwickshire from 95 for 5 against Hampshire at Edgbaston, but Richard Oliver's first First Division hundred for Worcestershire came after he had been hit on the helmet by Tymal Mills, the rapid Sussex fast bowler.
