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Taka Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Concerned

What does 'a concerned question' mean?

You ask a question to someone, worrying about him/her. Is that what it is?
  

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What is the complete sentence? I have heard of concerned being used to describe people. ) The police were called by several concerned citizens.

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  • What is the complete sentence?
  • I have heard of concerned being used to describe people.
  • ) The police were called by several concerned citizens.
  • That was a question from a concerned parent.
  • But I can't think of an example of a concerned question .
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What is the complete sentence?

I have heard of concerned being used to describe people. (It means worried.)

The police were called by several concerned citizens.

That was a question from a concerned parent.


But I can't think of an example of a concerned question.
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As you know very well, it is helpful to quote the context of any words you are asking about, Taka. It saves us a lot of trouble:

Just hinting to a German friend that there might be a problem will elicit a series of concerned and detailed questions as well as sincere offers of help and support.

You ask a question to someone, worrying about him/her. Is that what it is?--
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The reason I provided the URL this time was that I thought it would help AS to survey the context, as she said she had never seen such usage.

Anyway, thanks, MM!
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Mister MicawberYou ask a question to someone, worrying about him/her. Is that what it is?-- Yes.
That's how I would interpret it, but it is not a conventional usage of the word.

Dictionary.com gives "concerned look" in that a look itself can be troubled or worried. A question is not itself troubled or worried. I would have picked serious, u
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