> Dear Martha,
It is not a British usage. 'Concerned with' is normal here. I have never
heard 'concerned to'.
Edmond
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> Dear List Members--
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> I am concerned about this usage from Daniel Green's The Reading Experience
> published online:
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> "Much of Sontag's essay is concerned to break down the opposition between
> 'style' and 'content,' but . . ."
> What do you think of it? (I would have written "concerned with breaking down
> the opposition between 'style and content,' but . . .")
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> Is this a British usage?
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> Thank you.
> Martha
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