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Keith Baltazar Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I'm concerned

My friend (well she's more of an acquaintance really) and I argued the proper use of "concern" as both a verb and past participle. The sentence in question: "our attorneys don't normally run into issues concerning with patents all that often."

Should the above statement be re-written as "our attorneys don't run into issues that concern with patents all that often"? Is there a difference?

Thank you
  

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Hi and welcome to English Forums. " Note also that your sentence must start with a capital letter, and that "run into" and "all that often" are both in rather informal language. Our attorneys seldom deal with issues that concern patents.

  • Hi and welcome to English Forums.
  • " Note also that your sentence must start with a capital letter, and that "run into" and "all that often" are both in rather informal language.
  • Our attorneys seldom deal with issues that concern patents.
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Hi and welcome to English Forums.

You can use either "concerning" or "that concern" but you must delete the "with."

Note also that your sentence must start with a capital letter, and that "run into" and "all that often" are both in rather informal language.

Our attorneys seldom deal with issues that concern patents.

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