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No, that's the definition that does track perfectly in American English: where it can be substituted by "pleased."
by Talanes 6y ago
No, that's the definition that does track perfectly in American English: where it can be substituted by "pleased."
- Sharlin 6y agoBut those sentences are also perfectly meaningful assuming the other sense of "satisfied", which may be what GP meant. Ie. "I am convinced that you did your best" and "I am convinced that it contains no gluten".
- Talanes 6y agoOh, I definitely agree that those example exist on the fuzzy line, but the question was whether they didn't read to Americans. The more I think about it, the harder the actual barrier between "pleased" and "convinced" is hard to draw.
- tsimionescu 6y agoIt's not that hard to draw it: 'I am satisfied that this man is the one who killed my dog'. Whether you are convinced that this is the man, or whether you are pleased that this particular man killed your dog are clearly different senses.
- Talanes 6y agoBut would you not be pleased to be certain who killed your dog? It's not a 1:1 concept mapping, but the conceptual space is close enough that the semantic drift of "satisfied" is completely understandable.
- a0-prw 6y agoI am satisfied that I am satisfied that this is the man who killed my dog ;)