On 5 May 2014 07:56, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/4/2014 1:45 AM, LizR wrote: > > "Concern on" isn't grammatical, I assume you mean "concern >> with". Well, we were discussing creation myths vs science, hence the >> concern. >> It is grammatical in the same sense as "Senators Express Concern onReverse >> Mortgage Rule >> *s* [*not rule*] By RACHEL >> ABRAMS<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/author/rachel-abrams/> New >> York Times. *April 30, 2014, 4:00 *pm. "Concern with" usually implies >> specificity on a particular myth. "Concern ABOUT" is what is meant by >> "concern ON". >> > Hmm, OK, maybe it's an Americanism. > > > No. The "on" goes with the "express" It might have read "Senators speak > on reverse mortgage rules". >
Well speaking as an editor it reads VERY clunkily to me. I would normally say "speak about" - or just "discuss". To say that someone "speaks on" something sounds as though it comes from a long-gone era of formal diction. It *could* work, in some restricted contexts, to give a sense of formality / artificiality, but I wouldn't use it in general speech or writing. "What is this concern on [whatever it was]" just read to me like someone who can't be bothered to express themselves properly. And as the OP said, "Concern ABOUT" is what is meant by "concern ON" - so why not use the former, which is far more normally used, reads far better, sounds more natural, doesn't sound like it comes out the 1800s, etc? (Unless, as I said, it's an Americanism.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
