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Victor_amelkin Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

"When it comes to X" = "concerning X"?

Hello,

Could you please say whether the expression "when in comes to X"
may be used with the meaning "concerning X" or "in regard to X"?

Or it should be used only with the meaning "if/when X happens"?

Thanks in advance.

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Victor
  

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victor_amelkin Could you please say whether the expression " when in comes to X" may be used with the meaning "concerning X" or "in regard to X"? I think you mean "when it comes to X". This idiom normally means "concerning X" or "in regard to X"; it often adds a sense that X is an extreme case.

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  • victor_amelkin Could you please say whether the expression " when in comes to X" may be used with the meaning "concerning X" or "in regard to X"?
  • I think you mean "when it comes to X".
  • This idiom normally means "concerning X" or "in regard to X"; it often adds a sense that X is an extreme case.
  • I can't think that it's really used to mean "if/when X happens".
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victor_amelkinCould you please say whether the expression "when in comes to X"
may be used with the meaning "concerning X" or "in regard to X"?
I think you mean "when it comes to X". This idiom normally means "concerning X" or "in regard to X"; it often adds a sense that X is an extreme case. I can't think that it's really used to mean "if/wh
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Thanks.

> when in it comes to X

Sorry, it's my typo.
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