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| Thread ID: 98564 | 2009-03-29 09:13:00 | Some great spy network | Scouse (83) | PC World Chat |
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| 760477 | 2009-03-29 09:13:00 | www.nytimes.com Unbelievable. |
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| 760478 | 2009-03-29 18:56:00 | It's very concerning actually... | somebody (208) | ||
| 760479 | 2009-03-29 19:49:00 | It's very concerning actually . . . concern • verb 1 relate to; be about . 2 be relevant to; affect or involve . 3 make anxious or worried . • noun 1 worry; anxiety . 2 a matter of interest or importance . 3 a business . — PHRASES — have no concern with have nothing to do with . — to whom it may concern used to address a reader whose identity is unknown . Definition of concerning (preposition) Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, prep . Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards . About That in which one is interested; — PHRASES Some issues concerning the people . Concerning can function as either a preposition or a verb, but it is not used correctly when forced into the role of a noun . As you suggested, the word worrisome fits the context and grammatical structure as do words such as troubling, disquieting, upsetting, and disturbing . There is no room in the long list of appropriate nouns for concerning: it simply does not function in that grammatical manner . The correct sentence would be, “This concerns me very much,” but not “I find it very concerning that . . . ” |
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