Errors in the use of the verb "to appeal" is the result of a misinterpretation of the word

The verb "to appeal" is a word borrowed from a foreign language. Probably, therefore, its use is associated with a widespread speech error.

Origin of the word

The word "appeal" comes from the Latin appellare, which means "to call, to talk". The root word is a noun "appeal". In Latin, appellatio means "circulation." This term from time immemorial accompanies legal operations. Let's look briefly at what he means. Perhaps this will best explain how correctly to use a single-root verb in the speech to "appeal". The meaning of this term is enshrined in legislative documents.

What do lawyers mean?

Suppose, the court ruled on a particular criminal or civil case. The convict and his lawyer do not agree with the court's decision. They have the legal right to appeal to a higher court so that the work of the trial court can be verified and the decision may be revised. The appeal is complete when the case is re-examined, and incomplete, when the higher judicial authority checks the correctness of the work of the subordinate.

Other meanings of the word

It turns out that an appeal is an appeal to a higher level of power. So, appeal is to apply to higher authorities. Of course, this concept gradually came out of a narrow range of legal terminology and began to be used in a broader sense. What do dictionaries say about it?

In the explanatory dictionary of Dahl, the meaning of the word "appeal" does not go beyond the jurisdiction. Here it is explained as an action to appeal a case, "to call for justice". The synonyms of the verb in this case are the words "complain", "send a petition". In the more modern Explanatory Dictionary of Ozhegov, the verb is allowed to denote not only the judicial procedure, but also the attraction of public attention. To appeal is to seek support and advice for public opinion. Both meanings are fixed in the Large Russian Explanatory Dictionary, edited by SA Kuznetsov. In this case, one can appeal to the masses of the people for understanding and assistance. The synonym of the word is "to appeal", "to ask". In the old days this verb was used in the sense of: referring to authority. This semantic hue can be used now. For example, to appeal to the opinion of Professor Likhachev; Appeal to history.

Why can not you appeal with words

Now it becomes clear why the verbal formula "appeal words" is a gross speech error. Perhaps it is caused by the fact that the phrase resembles a similar in construction, but quite different in meaning expression "to operate with words, terms". Indeed, you can operate with something, but you can only appeal to someone or something. For example: "The collective appealed to the authorities to restore the former master of the shop at work"; "I appeal to your conscience." In the old days it was possible to use a form in which it was supposed to appeal to something: "He decided to appeal to a court decision, which seemed unreasonable to him."

Grammatical portrait

From the point of view of the grammar of the Russian language, the word "appeal" is a verb in the form of an infinitive, irrevocable, in an actual voice. It can be used in the past, present and future time. Refers to the first conjugation. It can be changed by persons: I appeal (-you, -yut); By numbers: you appeal (-e), in the past tense - by birth: appealed (-a, -o).

The verb is able to form the perfect and imperfect forms, to form participles and gerunds of the present and past tense. The verb can be used in the indicative, conditional and imperative mood. The stress in the infinitive and in all other forms of the verb falls on the third syllable: to appeal.

Speech errors with borrowed words

The existence of new words coming from other languages is an objective phenomenon. But, unfortunately, there are also mistakes in their use. The comedy of such verbal incidents is in the well-known anecdote.

• Anka says to Petka:
  - Yesterday at the ball I made such a wine glass!
  - Yes, not a wine glass, but a forage, stupid! Corrects Petya.
  "Come on, we'll ask Vasil Ivanitch."
  - Vasil Ivanovich, how correctly to say: made a wine glass or fodder?
  - You know, guys, I'm not Copenhagen in this business! - Shruggles the commander.

It is clear that Anka had in mind the word "furore", that is, a noisy public success, and Vasily Ivanovich wanted to say that he is not competent in these matters, that is, he is not an expert. Alas, such passages are found not only in anecdotes.

In the sentence "A Girl Has Priority to Literature," the word inclination is clearly implied. Priority, that is, primacy, may be not to something, but in something: a priority in the economy. Another example: "The director read me an annotation so that I could study well." Instead of the word "notation", which means "moralizing", a word is used, the meaning of which is a brief description of the article, books, monographs. More examples: "I gave my reputation together with the documents". The word "renome" is incorrectly used in the meaning of "autobiography", whereas the true meaning of this word is the established opinion about someone.

Often mistakes in the coordination and management of words happen in the use of native Russian tokens. For example: "You need a seller for food products." The word "seller" is used with nouns in the genitive case: the seller (what?) Of food products. Another example: "I'll help you with education." You can help in something, not with something. Therefore, the correct version of the phrase can be: "I will help in studies" or "I can help to master knowledge in such and such a discipline."