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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is it a right sentence?

Is the following sentence right?

Scientists are worried that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.
  

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Qingqing Is the following sentence right? Scientists are worried that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco. Yes.

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  • Qingqing Is the following sentence right?
  • Scientists are worried that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.
  • Yes.
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QingqingIs the following sentence right?

Scientists are worried that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.

Yes.
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Yes, the whole sentence, including the underlined portion, seems just fine.
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Scientists are worried about that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.

Can i add a word "about" after worried?
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Scientists are worried about that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.

Can I add a word "about" after worried.
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QutScientists are worried about that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the area around San Francisco.

Can I add a word "about" after worried.

No.
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My opinion:

I guess it's also correct to say "I'm worried about that..............."
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worry + that clause is a fixed structure here.

So there's a usage of "worry about" but never "worry about that".

Notice that you can say "I just worry about that", because after "that", there's no clause.
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