Prepositions used for describing "news" - of, on, about, concerning - all are correct?

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Hi can anyone help?

I am a bit puzzled by the following:

(1) news of youth
(2) news about youth
(3) news concerning youth
(4) news on youth

I searched many dictionaries and it seems all of the above prepositions can be used. Am I correct? And even if any one can be used, which one sounds better to 'native speakers', and WHY?

Or do they have different emphases in meaning?

Thank you very much ...

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

You might want to try Googling the following.
"news of"
"news on"
"news about"
"news concerning"
You will find thousands of examples.
The most generally useful one is "news about", in my opinion.
CJ

ChaCha7 · Answer

CalifJim, Thanks. I agree that Googles gives thousands of examples ... but I would like to know the reasons for each use ... like if 'news of' is more formal or 'news about' is less formal?

Some told me that 'news about' is not appropriate for formal writing like 'academic articles'. Not really sure about this ...

CalifJim · Answer

ChaCha7... 'news about' is not appropriate for formal writing like 'academic articles'

I have not heard this. I don't see why "news about" would be inappropriate in that context.

ChaCha7I agree that Googles gives thousands of examples ... but I would like to know the reasons for each use ...

Surely you don't expect me to explain thousands of examples!

If you analyze the uses of "news of" that you see on Google, then the uses of "news about", and so on, you should be able to see what the differences are -- if there are any. If you find only certain kinds of words follow "news about", and other kinds of words follow "news of", then you have your answer. If you find that the examples are all quite similar, then there is no real difference!

CJ

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