concerned with / concerned about

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Drica  #437830  Fri, 02 Nov 07 02:05 AM

Hi,

Is there any diff in saaying I am concerned with your problem / I am concerned about your problem

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CalifJim  #437836  Fri, 02 Nov 07 02:52 AM
More often, I think, you are going to say that you are concerned about the problem.  You're worrying about it.

On the other hand, you may be involved in the problem, working on solving it, perhaps.  Then you'd be concerned with the problem.  This is not as usual, I think, in the case of problems.

More often, we use concerned with when explaining the association of some subject matter with another.

These computations are concerned with subatomic particles.
I'm not sure what a modem is, but it's something that's concerned with computers.
AARP is an organization that is concerned with retired people.


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Neeraj Jain  #437890  Fri, 02 Nov 07 08:21 AM
Right CJ, concerned with shows a relation.
  
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Armsys  #437898  Fri, 02 Nov 07 09:06 AM

Forgive me for jumping in, what's the nuance between "concerned about", "be Involved", "get involved", "be engaged"?
Do they carry different connotations?

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Armsys  #437899  Fri, 02 Nov 07 09:17 AM

 CalifJim wrote:

These computations are concerned with subatomic particles.
I'm not sure what a modem is, but it's something that's concerned with computers.
AARP is an organization that is concerned with retired people.

It appears none of your samples has anything to do with "worrying" emotionally, is it? "Concerned with" here sounds more like "related to", isn't?
BTW, why is passive verb used? Why not, say, these computation concerns subatomic particles.
Nonetheless, I'm not quite entirely comfortable with "concerned with" being used in your sample sentenses because it causes readers confusions and distractions.

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