Meaning
Used to express personal worry or highlight a specific source of anxiety.
Primary Function
Expressing concern
Communicative Purpose
To draw attention to a specific issue that causes personal worry
Pattern
What concerns me is
Core Structure
What concerns me is
Função primária
Expressing concern
Propósito comunicativo
To draw attention to a specific issue that causes personal worry
Situações de gatilho
Feedback sessions, analytical discussions, warning notices
Contextos
Professional meetings, academic presentations, everyday conversations
Padrão
What concerns me is
Estrutura central
What concerns me is
Slots de substituição
The clause after 'is' can be replaced with any noun phrase, clause, or gerund phrase that states the source of concern
Colocados típicos
- the lack of
- the fact that
- the trend
Substituições comuns
- I'm concerned that
- What I find worrying is
- The thing that worries me is
Erros comuns
Using double 'is' — e.g., 'What concerns me is is'
Similar / contraste
The thing that worries me
Interferências
none
Família do chunk
- perspective highlighting opener
- concern
Nuance
Personalizes the concern, making it subjective and inviting empathy or caution
Efeito pragmático
Invokes empathy, signals a need for attention to potential problems
Dica de memória
what concerns me
Nota
Focused on highlighting a personal worry or concern.
Upgrade path
from I worry about to What concerns me is to A cause for concern is
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