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Thanks for your concern is seen a lot more often. It can be used in a variety of contexts, from replying to a customer complaint to thanking ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Thanksforyourcare/concern Threadstarter eli7 Startdate Nov20,2011 eli7 SeniorMember Tehran;Iran Persian(Farsi) Whatisthedifferenceinthemeaningandusageof"care"and"concern". Thanksforyourcare. Thanksforyourconcern.   S scrotgrot SeniorMember English-English Thanksforyourconcernisseenalotmoreoften.Itcanbeusedinavarietyofcontexts,fromreplyingtoacustomercomplainttothankingsomeoneforaget-well-sooncard.Careimpliestherewasanelementofactualcareintheinitalinteraction,soifthepersonwasnursedbacktohealthbyanother,expendingmuchtimeandenergy,carewouldbemoreappropriate.   eli7 SeniorMember Tehran;Iran Persian(Farsi) So,careisusedinthesentencesrelaredtothephysicalconditionds?   Lun-14 Banned Hindi Yesterdaynight(atabout9pm)oneofmyfriendssentmeatextandaskedwhetherIcouldtranslateaHindipassageintoEnglishforher.Ireplied:Sorry-notthistime,becauseIamhavingastrongchestpainrightnow.Iwilldoitforyoutomorrow. Todayearlyinthemorningshemessagedmeandasked:Areyoufeelingrelieffromyourchestpainnow? Ireplied:Yes,Iamfeelinggood.Thereisnopainnow.Thanksforyourcare/concern. CouldIpleaseaskwhichoneisappropriate(careorconcern)hereandwhy? Thanksalot!   DonnyB SixtiesMod Coventry,UK EnglishUKSouthernStandardEnglish Well,"Thanksforyourcare"doesn'twork:shehasn'tdoneanythingtotakecareofyouapartfromtextingyou. Although"Thanksforyourconcern"isbetter,itsoundsrathercoldandformaltome:I'dhavesaid"Thanksforasking".   Lun-14 Banned Hindi ThanksDonny DonnyBsaid: Although"Thanksforyourconcern"isbetter,itsoundsrathercoldandformaltome:I'dhavesaid"Thanksforasking". Clicktoexpand... Whydoyouthinkitiscoldandformal?   DonnyB SixtiesMod Coventry,UK EnglishUKSouthernStandardEnglish Lun-14said: Whydoyouthinkitiscoldandformal? Clicktoexpand... It'sthesortofthingpeopleputinbusinesslettersandemails,especiallywhenrespondingtocustomerservicecomplaintsandthatsortofthing.Ipersonallywouldn'tuseitinatexttoafriend.   Lun-14 Banned Hindi DonnyBsaid: It'sthesortofthingpeopleputinbusinesslettersandemails,especiallywhenrespondingtocustomerservicecomplaintsandthatsortofthing.Ipersonallywouldn'tuseitinatexttoafriend. Clicktoexpand... Thanks,andwhydoyouconsideritcold?   DonnyB SixtiesMod Coventry,UK EnglishUKSouthernStandardEnglish Lun-14said: Thanks,andwhydoyouconsideritcold? Clicktoexpand... ForthesamereasonthatIgaveitpost#7:itcomesacrossasabitimpersonal,a'standardresponse',ifyoulike.   Lun-14 Banned Hindi Thankssomuch Moreresponsesarewelcomed!   Florentia52 Modwomanintheattic Wisconsin English-UnitedStates IagreewithDonnyB.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top