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"Thanks for your concern" means "Thanks for worrying about me." So, you see, maybe it wouldn't be the best way to say what you want to say here. 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Thanksforyourconcern Threadstarter kenny4528 Startdate Jun12,2007 kenny4528 SeniorMember Taipei Mandarin,Taiwan Hiall, ItoccurstomethatwhenIusedtoreceiveothermembers'reply,Isometimeslikedusing''Thanksforyourconcern''toexpressmygratitude.Ican'thelpwonder-isitarightexpressioninthiscase?(AlthoughnooneeverpointedoutitisincorrectwhenIusedit,Ithinkyouaresokindthatyoumissit.) Thanks.   AngelEyes SeniorMember English-UnitedStates "Thanksforyourconcern"means"Thanksforworryingaboutme." So,yousee,maybeitwouldn'tbethebestwaytosaywhatyouwanttosayhere.Idon'tthinkweworryaboutyou,Kenny,becauseyou'resotalentedandsmart! Whichbringsustowhynoonemayhavesaidanything.SometimesIlikethesweetwaysomepostersexpressthemselves,andIhesitatetocriticizetheirattempts,althoughIknowitwouldbeinstructionaltodoso. But,sinceyouasked,nexttime,keepitsimpleandsay: "Thanksforyourhelp." "Thankyouforclearingitupforme." "Thanksforyourkindreply." "Thanksforyourinformativeanswers." Maybesomeothersherewillcomeupwithsomemore. AngelEyes   kenny4528 SeniorMember Taipei Mandarin,Taiwan Thankyou,AngelEyes,foryourkindreply. Bytheway,asalearnerofEnglish,IwouldsayIgladtoseeyoupointoutmymistakes,nomatterwhenandhowsmallitis.   AngelEyes SeniorMember English-UnitedStates kenny4528said: Thankyou,AngelEyes,foryourkindreply. Bytheway,asaseriousstudentofEnglish,I'dbehappytohaveyoupointoutmymistakes,nomatterwhattheyare,bigorsmall. Clicktoexpand... Youaskedforit. AngelEyes   kenny4528 SeniorMember Taipei Mandarin,Taiwan AngelEyessaid: Youaskedforit. AngelEyes Clicktoexpand... Igotit,thanks.   A Alxmrphi SeniorMember NWEngland UKEnglish Awthat'snice Inaweirdwayitmakessensewhysomeonemightsaythephraseinquestionbutitsoundsoddactuallysayingit,unlessyouhaveaproblemwithlanguageandsomeonereallygoesoutoftheirway(doesalot)tohelpyouwithanimportantissue.   TrentinaNE SeniorMember USA English(American) Thanksforyourconcernisalsosomethingyoumightsaywhenyou'renotreallythankfulbutyouwanttoappearpolite. Elisabetta   kenny4528 SeniorMember Taipei Mandarin,Taiwan Thanyou,Alex_MurphyandTrentinaNE. you'renotreallythankfulbutyouwanttoappearpolite. Thatisinteresting.Iwillbearitinmind.   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) Isconcernalwaysworrying-orperhapsmorecaringthanworrying? Concerncouldalsobeaboutinterestor"solicitiousregard"-ageneralconcerntoseethatsomeonegetsagood,clear,correctresponsetotheirquestion. Idon'tthinkThankyouforyourconcernsoundsatallstrangehere.   A Alxmrphi SeniorMember NWEngland UKEnglish Idon'tthinkThankyouforyourconcernsoundsatallstrangehere. Clicktoexpand... "Hiwhat'stheItalianwordforcat?" "It's"gatto" "Thanksforyourconcern" ?   kenny4528 SeniorMember Taipei Mandarin,Taiwan Hipanjandrum,sinceyoucameupwiththat,itsuddenlyseemstobepersonalperception,right? Bytheway,Ican'tfind''solicitious''inWRdictionary.   AWordLover SeniorMember Atlanta,GeorgiaUSA USAEnglish kenny4528said: Hipanjandrum,sinceyoucameupwiththat,itsuddenlyseemstobepersonalperception,right? Bytheway,Ican'tfind''solicitious''inWRdictionary. Clicktoexpand... Hi, Therewasaslightmisspellinglookhere. HereisanotherhintregardingthefabulousWRdictionary.Whetheryoufindthewordornot,itletsyoulookatMerriamWebsteronlineanddictionary.com. WhenIlookedam-w.comthefirstchoiceforanalternatespellingwasthecorrectchoice. Enjoy, AWordLover   nichec SeniorMember Chinese(Taiwan) panjandrumsaid: Isconcernalwaysworrying-orperhapsmorecaringthanworrying? Concerncouldalsobeaboutinterestor"solicitiousregard"-ageneralconcerntoseethatsomeonegetsagood,clear,correctresponsetotheirquestion. Idon'tthinkThankyouforyourconcernsoundsatallstrangehere. Clicktoexpand... IrememberwhenIwasstillastudent(oh,thegoodolddays)OnceIaskedmyteacherforarecommedationletter. Itstartedlikethis:"Towhomitmayconcern..............." Ithinkdearpanjhasapointhere,asusual   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) kenny4528said: Hipanjandrum,sinceyoucameupwiththat,itsuddenlyseemstobepersonalperception,right? Bytheway,Ican'tfind''solicitious''inWRdictionary. Clicktoexpand... Correct-the"Idon'tthink..."indicatesthatclearly. Oops,myfingerstypedaniousinsteadofous-sorry,Iwasinarush. Alex_Murphysaid: "Hiwhat'stheItalianwordforcat?" "It's"gatto" "Thanksforyourconcern" ? Clicktoexpand... Sureenough,that'sodd. Butinresponsetoapostthatcorrectedadeepmisunderstandingandwasbasedonhalf-an-hour'sresearchanddeepthought,it'saworthystatementofappreciation. Ihavelearnedtobeverytolerantofthewayspeopleexpressappreciationhere.Iassumefirstofallthattheyaresincere.IfI'mwrong,that'ssad.ButI'dmuchprefertoassumethateveryoneissincere,andbewrongsometimes,thanassumetheyarecynicalandmanipulative. It'sanicerworldIlivein.   AngelEyes SeniorMember English-UnitedStates I'mnotquitesurewhatthemoodofthisthreadhasevolvedinto,butIwouldliketocontributealittlemoreofhowIcametogivemyanswer. Atleastinmyexperience,Iwouldsay,"Thanksforyourconcern."inatotallydifferentvenuethananacademiconesuchasthisForum."Concern"isaword,inmymind,that'sanotchhigherontheemotionscalethanforthankingsomeoneforansweringagrammarquestion. Iwouldbe"concerned"forsomeoneifthequestioninvolvedsomekindofsympathetictheme,suchasapainfulencounteroragriefForum,orsomethinghavingtodowithamorecomfortingtypeofatmosphere. IfIrepliedinthattypeofsituation,Iwouldcertainlybeofferingmyconcern-anditwouldbesincerelygiven,too.Iwouldalsoexpectapostertoreplyinkind,"Thankyouforyourconcern."Theemotionwouldfitthecircumstanceformethen. That'swhyIofferedmylistofsuggestionstoKennythatIdid.Thosereplies"fit"thefeelingoftheevent. IhopeI'mexpressingmyselfclearly,andthatyourealizethatit'sjustmyopinionandIrespecteveryoneelse'sopinion,too. Thanksforyourunderstanding.(See,Kenny?Here'sanotherexamplethat'stotallydifferentfromtherestoftheonesIsuggestedthismorning.) AngelEyes   D dn88 SeniorMember Polish IfIreceivedananswertoalanguagequestionforexamplehere,intheEnglishOnlysection,thenIwouldn'tsay"thanksforyourconcern"asanexpressionofappreciation. Butifsomeonedidtheirbesttohelpme,helpedme,orgavereallyusefulinstructionshowtosolveatechnicalproblemintheComments&Suggestionssection,thenIwouldseenothingwronginexpressingmygratitudethatway. Justmyopinion.   W whynottail SeniorMember HongKong Chinese kenny4528said: Hiall, ItoccurstomethatwhenIusedtoreceiveothermembers'reply,Isometimeslikedusing''Thanksforyourconcern''toexpressmygratitude.Ican'thelpwonder-isitarightexpressioninthiscase?(AlthoughnooneeverpointedoutitisincorrectwhenIusedit,Ithinkyouaresokindthatyoumissit.) Thanks. Clicktoexpand... Doyouactuallywanttosay- Thankyouforyourattentionto/interestinthematter.   O ohmyrichard SeniorMember NanjingCity,P.R.China Chinese Ifmyfriendhaswrittentometellingmehisorherworriesaboutmysituation,thenitiscorrecttosayinmyreply"Thanksforyourconcern."Ismyunderstandingrightaboutthisexpression?   EStjarn SeniorMember Spanish Ismyunderstandingrightaboutthisexpression? Clicktoexpand... AsIseeit,yourunderstandingiscorrect.Thecontextyoudescribeseemsperfectforthephrase.   O ohmyrichard SeniorMember NanjingCity,P.R.China Chinese EStjarnsaid: AsIseeit,yourunderstandingiscorrect.Thecontextyoudescribeseemsperfectforthephrase. Clicktoexpand... Thanksalot,EStjarn.   O ohmyrichard SeniorMember NanjingCity,P.R.China Chinese AngelEyessaid: I'mnotquitesurewhatthemoodofthisthreadhasevolvedinto,butIwouldliketocontributealittlemoreofhowIcametogivemyanswer. Atleastinmyexperience,Iwouldsay,"Thanksforyourconcern."inatotallydifferentvenuethananacademiconesuchasthisForum."Concern"isaword,inmymind,that'sanotchhigherontheemotionscalethanforthankingsomeoneforansweringagrammarquestion. Iwouldbe"concerned"forsomeoneifthequestioninvolvedsomekindofsympathetictheme,suchasapainfulencounteroragriefForum,orsomethinghavingtodowithamorecomfortingtypeofatmosphere. IfIrepliedinthattypeofsituation,Iwouldcertainlybeofferingmyconcern-anditwouldbesincerelygiven,too.Iwouldalsoexpectapostertoreplyinkind,"Thankyouforyourconcern."Theemotionwouldfitthecircumstanceformethen. That'swhyIofferedmylistofsuggestionstoKennythatIdid.Thosereplies"fit"thefeelingoftheevent. IhopeI'mexpressingmyselfclearly,andthatyourealizethatit'sjustmyopinionandIrespecteveryoneelse'sopinion,too. Thanksforyourunderstanding.(See,Kenny?Here'sanotherexamplethat'stotallydifferentfromtherestoftheonesIsuggestedthismorning.) AngelEyes Clicktoexpand... Hi,AngelEyes. JustnowIreceivedashortreplyfrommyCaliforniafriendtomyletterwishingherandherfamilyaMerryChristmasandHappyNewYear,andinherreplythereisthissentence:Howhaveyouandyourfamilybeen?IfIcannotsay"Thanksforyourconcern",thenisitcorrectformetosay"Thanksforyouraskingaboutit"?Isthereanythingbetterthan"Thanksforyouraskingaboutit"toaddressherquestion?IsitevenbesttogivenoformulaicanswertothisquestionofhersanddirectlytellherabouthowmyfamilyandIhavebeenrecently? HappyHolidaystoyouandyours. Richard   AngelEyes SeniorMember English-UnitedStates Ithinkyourfirstinstinctisverynice.Someoneaskshowyourfamilyhasbeen.It'sawarm,politeresponsetosay,"They'refine/wonderful/great.Thanksforasking."MerryChristmas.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top