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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Something is bear noting that...

It is bear noting that the Feuhrer has his legs placed wide apart compared to Hagrid's clamming his legs close, which is wise as this lowers the Feuhrer's center of gravity and helps him balance better.

"bear noting" ???



First of all, I don't think this bear noting is spelled correctly, because when I googled it, there wasn't any results. I heard the term a lot, but I don't know the correct way to spell it, or say it.

Secondly, is this an idiom? what's the correct way/form to use it?
  

Top answer

" I googled this and can't find anything about it as a collocation, but it strikes me as a holdover from a much earlier period of English - perhaps someone more expert will respond. There are a few things that bear noting in this sentence; first, Google should always be capitalized. It bears noting that Delmobile often gives incomplete answers.

— Delmobile

  • " I googled this and can't find anything about it as a collocation, but it strikes me as a holdover from a much earlier period of English - perhaps someone more expert will respond.
  • There are a few things that bear noting in this sentence; first, Google should always be capitalized.
  • It bears noting that Delmobile often gives incomplete answers.
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The correct expression is "it bears noting." I googled this and can't find anything about it as a collocation, but it strikes me as a holdover from a much earlier period of English - perhaps someone more expert will respond.

There are a few things that bear noting in this sentence; first, Google should always be capitalized.

It bears noting that Delmobile often gives
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Okay, in Webster's, definition 3-c for "bear" as a verb is " to call for as suitable or essential." The example they have is "it bears watching." So perhaps this isn't a special collocation after all; "it" (the situation, the facts) "calls for suitable" special attention, as bears noting, bears watching, bears repeating.
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Thanks Delmobile. You're very helpful

Does the the following have the same sense as "it bears noting/watching":

it is worth mentioning...

it worths mentioning...

it bears repeating...

it bears mention...
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DelmobileYes.


Hi, Delmobile

You really confirm that it is possible to say "it worths mentioning" ?

I scoured dictionaries for the ferinition of "worth" and they seem unanimous that it is not used as a verb:

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MrPernickety
DelmobileYes.


Hi, Delmobile

You really confirm that it is possible to say "it worths mentioning" ?

I scoured dictionaries for the ferinition of "worth" and they seem unanimous that it is not used as a verb:

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Just to clarify -- "It's worth mentioning" is correct English (though often superfluous.) "It worths mentioning" is not correct; "worth" is not a verb. (And "ferinition" is not a noun -- I suspect it's a typo for "definition.")
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I'm very sorry, I didn't read your list carefully. No, as Khoff points out, you can't say "it worths."
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