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ayouda
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Please would you explain to me the difference between to be concerned with and to be engaged with in the following sentence?. which one is more suitable in this context ? Is it concerned with?
The financial district in London is primarily 5-( related � concerned � engaged ) with the socialhistory of London and its inhabitants throughout history.
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26 Nov 2012
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yanogator
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I don �t know about British English, but in the US, we don �t say "engaged with". We have "engaged in", which means "participating in" or "doing" - It �s an activity. "Concerned with" means something similar to "about" - dealing with, interested in. We also don �t say "related with", so the only reasonable choice is "concerned with". Bruce |
26 Nov 2012
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Apodo
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Because of the meaning of the sentence, I would choose �engaged �. I would also use the past perfect has been because it �s talking about an ongoing historical involvement. The financial district in London has been primarily engaged with the social history of London and its inhabitants throughout history.
en�gaged
( n-g jd )
adj.
1. Employed, occupied, or busy.
2. Committed, as to a cause.
3. Pledged to marry; betrothed: an engaged couple.
4. Involved in conflict or battle.
5. Being in gear; meshed.
6. Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to
another part, as columns on a wall. |
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26 Nov 2012
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yanogator
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So, Apodo, "engaged with" is used in British English (or at least in the Aussie version of it)? Thanks, Bruce |
26 Nov 2012
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Apodo
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@ Bruce,It sounds OK to me - others may not agree of course - I �d be interested to hear from someone else -used for formal rather than everday speech. He �s currently engaged with his work on the new design. (Meaning 1) I �m engaged in a new project at the Art Centre. (Meaning 2) In the sentence about London I see the meaning as describing an ongoing intertwined historical relationship between the financial district and social history. The two have been equally linked - one has been engaged with the other. |
26 Nov 2012
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ayouda
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 Thank you so much dear colleagues ,i appreciate your helpHave a nice day  |
27 Nov 2012
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sa3ida
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I totally agree with yanogator I think concerned with is the appropriate option.
to be concerned with means to be interested in
and engaged in means to be taking part or participating in something
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27 Nov 2012
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Dr. Ahmad El-Maghraby
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Both the tense (present simple) and the use of the adverb "primarily" in the sentence suggest that " the "major concern" (not the major engagement) of the financial district in London is the social history of London and its inhabitants throughout history. So, the social history of London is the financial district major. Thus, "concerned" here is the most appropriate option. But changing the tense from present simple into present perfect - as suggested by Apodo - may make the use of "engaged" a more appropriate choice. The use of "throughout history", on the other hand, is actually compatible with present perfect. So, I think this sentence is an ambiguous one. Moreover, AmEng use the following collocations more often : related to - concerned with - engaged in. Therefore, Ayouda is to check the core-text, whether it is American or British. Thank you.
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27 Nov 2012
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