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Tung Quoc  #286618  Sat, 28 Oct 06 03:30 PM

I always see of concern on newspapers but I am not sure it's standard.

What is the exact meaning of of concern?How to use of concern in sentences?Please give me example.

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Marius Hancu  #286627  Sat, 28 Oct 06 03:48 PM
 Tung Quoc wrote:

I always see of concern on newspapers but I am not sure it's standard.

What is the exact meaning of of concern?How to use of concern in sentences?Please give me example.

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Why don't you show us some of those examples?

Yes, it is standard, as in:

a matter of concern for the individual patients

something which is of importance to patientes, which regards the patients, something which worries the patients.

See the meanings in the dictionary:

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Tung Quoc  #286674  Sat, 28 Oct 06 05:11 PM

a matter of concern = a concern matter?

If not, why?

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Marius Hancu  #286679  Sat, 28 Oct 06 05:16 PM
 Tung Quoc wrote:

a matter of concern = a concern matter?

If not, why?

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a concern matter:
Not idiomatic.
  
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