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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Concern yourself with it

Hi,

In {It isn’t your problem----don’t concern yourself with it.}, the "not" shows that not connected with it you make yorself concerned, is not it?

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The "not" shows that you shouldn't make yourself concerned. Ignore that problem.

  • The "not" shows that you shouldn't make yourself concerned.
  • Ignore that problem.
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The "not" shows that you shouldn't make yourself concerned.
Ignore that problem.
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Hi,

There are two meanings in your suggestion.

1. You should not make yourself concerned attending on it.-----Why should not you make yourself concerned?

2. Or you should not make yourself concerned in the presence of it. ------How should not you make yourself concerned?

The question is that "Is the "with it" of which one?"
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#1 is OK. You should not attend on this problem.

#2
You extend the philosophy of its essential meaning. There is no philosophy in it telling you that you are in the presence of it. You only need know of it; awareness is not necessarily being in the presence of it. Once knowing of it, it commands you to forget it. Forgetting is the inverse of knowing. If you happened to be in its pres
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Hi,

#1 The speaker emphasizes not put it this way:
with -ed you make yourself have been in a finished condition of the verb of concern, to attend on the problem.
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bepleasedwith -ed you make yourself have been in a finished condition of the verb of concern,
-ed gives an unfortunate misdirection here. It is one of the many contradictions in English.

I am interested in music.

My interest regarding music is not a finished condition. On the contrary, it is vital and active.
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Hi,

Though not being one with you, yet still advise.

In fact I am actually one with you.

In concerned,
The one makes oneself under the condition of concern-ed----one worries to the greatest degree.

In interested,

The essential of the verb of "interest" is to cause one to have a feeling of interest.

The one makes oneslef interested in orde

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