acknowledge and realize
Hello，Everyone

I don't know the difference between acknowledge and realize，aid and help ，
for instance：

Students' participation may help them realize that going to class is more effective than simply reading the text on their own，without the aid of a teacher.

How about if using acknowledge、help instead of realize and aid in the sentence above ？why？

Thanks in advance

Question

acknowledge and realize
Hello，Everyone

I don't know the difference between acknowledge and realize，aid and help ，
for instance：
     
    Students' participation may help them realize that going to class is more effective than simply reading the text on their own，without the aid of a teacher.

How about if using acknowledge、help instead of realize and aid in the sentence above ？why？

Thanks in advance

Answer

These two verbs do not have the same meaning and are not interchangeable. If you realise something, you come to understand that it is so. This is an involuntary mental process - like a light bulb coming on in your mind.

If you acknowledge something, you choose to accept that a fact is true, or you agree or admit to someone that it is so. This is a conscious action.

'Aid' and 'help' are similar in meaning but different in use. 'Aid' is not a modal verb and so cannot be followed by another verb. It is not grammatically possible to say 'aid someone (to) do something.'

Answer

Acknowledge and realize are very similar words, but acknowledge is closer to meaning "agreeing that something you knew is true" while realize is closer to "agreeing that something you just discovered is true." Aid and help are true synonyms, and can be used almost interchangeably, but if you're talking about foreign aid, you can't say foreign help.

I hope this was helpful!

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