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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Appearance/appearances

We should not be concerned of our appearance.

We should not be concerned of our appearances.

We should not be concerned about the way(or ways?) we look.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/appearance_2

Appearance is marked as C or U. Are they both acceptable?
  

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Hi. The right preposition for concern is about in that context, so you had better say We should be concerned about our appearance. In the context you cited, singular should be used, this has nothing to do with being countable or uncountable.

— Hrsanei

  • Hi.
  • The right preposition for concern is about in that context, so you had better say We should be concerned about our appearance.
  • In the context you cited, singular should be used, this has nothing to do with being countable or uncountable.
  • We use singular form even for countable nouns such as life in similar situations.
  • Ex.
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Hi.

The right preposition for concern is about in that context, so you had better say

We should be concerned about our appearance.

In the context you cited, singular should be used, this has nothing to do with being countable or uncountable.

We use singular form even for countable nouns such as life in similar situations.

Ex. Kids should have
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The normal statements are these:

We should not be concerned about our appearance.

We should not be concerned about the way we look.

Both C and U are acceptable, but the countable form is not usual in the sentences above.

I would use appearances in a sentence like this, where appearance has a different meaning:

The r
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In that case,

He saved our lives.

Is the countable form of 'life' used this way?
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michaeltingHe saved our lives.
This is fine.

CJ
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