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Fri 30 Jul, 2004 02:06 am
Hi...I read this sentence in a news paper n have question about it..
a country concerned but unafraid by terrorist threat.
what if I say like this: " a country concerned but not a fraid with terrorist threat.
( note : I am not creticising anobodys writing but I just want to learn )
THANKS
NAVIGATOR
"Afraid" is one word, not two.
One further point to add:
Concerned by - to be affected with concern regarding...
Concerned with - connected with
Afraid/Unafraid should use "of" as the following preposition.
It is reasonable to use the phrase from the newspaper but even more correct would be:
"a country concernd by, but unafraid of, the terrorist threat"
KP
Hello navigator!
To address your question: yes, 'not afraid' is the same as 'unafraid' but just remember that afraid is one word. To say that something is a fraid is to say that it possesses the qualities of something termed fraid (whatever that may be). It's like saying it's a camel or it's a computer.
Other than that, I would not blame you for criticizing this particular sentence. It is heavily flawed as it is, but then, newspaper headlines are not known for their grammatical perfection.
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