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Let me clarify my understanding vs Let me clarify the understanding

Both choices are grammatically correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Let me clarify my understanding' is used when the speaker wants to make their own understanding clear, while 'Let me clarify the understanding' is used when the speaker wants to make a shared understanding clear.
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Last updated: January 16, 2025 • 7449 views

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Let me clarify my understanding"

This phrase is used when the speaker wants to make their own understanding clearer.

Examples:

  • Let me clarify my understanding of the situation.
  • I need to clarify my understanding of the new policy.
  • Sep 27, 2019 ... Firstly let me clarify my understanding of your "front" camera. That to most peeps is your "Selfie" camera. Yes? Right, assuming we ...
  • Oct 16, 2021 ... What does being judgemental mean. Before we move into the specifics, let me clarify my understanding of 'judgemental'. Oxford dictionary defines ...
  • Let me clarify my understanding once more. You are finding the color of the status is offline i.e greyed out (which is expected) but the text next to the color ...
  • Sep 16, 2024 ... ... let me clarify my understanding of multisite churches. I include the classic definition of a church meeting in more than one physical ...
  • Sep 17, 2019 ... Good point, let me clarify my understanding from when I bought my CPO. The interior would be basically all black (black leather details) + ...
  • Apr 21, 2022 ... To begin, let me clarify my understanding of empathy vs sympathy. Empathy means experiencing someone else's emotions while sympathy is an ...
  • May 13, 2022 ... Let me clarify my understanding. I'd like to know that whether CloudRun can handle a 120 minutes background task or not. Is it possible ...
  • Sep 9, 2023 ... That said, let me clarify my understanding of what I think you are proposing. Are you suggesting ISP -> ER8411 -> OpnSense router ...
  • Jun 28, 2024 ... Let me clarify my understanding here. You want to loop through all of the active records on the 'samp_custom_sw_product' table, and IF this ...
  • First, let me clarify my understanding of the underlying facts. As a part of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, the ...

Alternatives:

  • Let me make sure I understand correctly.
  • Let me clarify what I think I know.
  • Let me confirm my understanding.
  • Let me clarify my interpretation.
  • Let me make sure I have this right.

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

"Let me clarify the understanding"

This phrase is used when the speaker wants to make the shared understanding clearer.

Examples:

  • Let me clarify the understanding of the team regarding the project.
  • I will clarify the understanding of the audience about the topic.
  • Nov 25, 2018 ... So let me clarify the understanding of what you currently have. you are currently using an internet connection in the office and this also ...
  • Mar 12, 2006 ... First of all, let me clarify the understanding of "practice" that has been implicit up to this point. A practice is a coherent ...

Alternatives:

  • Let me make sure we are on the same page.
  • Let me clarify our mutual understanding.
  • Let me ensure our shared understanding is clear.
  • Let me clarify what we all understand.
  • Let me confirm our collective understanding.

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