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Can you please let me know which sentence is correct?

Supreme Court concerns on India sex ratio.

Or

Supreme Court concern on India sex ratio.

As I have watched in news that they have not appended "s" to verb, however I thought that it is required as it is in Simple present tense.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Charmi Sapariya
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  • I think this question may be off-topic because it seeks to analyse the (non-existent) "grammar" of newspaper headlines. – FumbleFingers Jan 21 '15 at 14:44

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Supreme Court concern on India sex ratio

The above sentence is correct.

This is because in this case the word concern is being used as a noun. This is probably done to shorten the sentence for use as a headline.

If the same were to be used as a verb, the sentence would sound like:

The Supreme Court concerns itself with India's sex ratio.

EDIT:

As CopperKettle has suggested, a better usage of the word 'concern' as a verb in this context would be:

The Supreme Court is concerned with India's sex ratio.

akashg
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  • +1, but "concerns itself with" is a bit unidiomatic for the purpose. It's usually "is concerned about" – CowperKettle Jan 21 '15 at 06:12
  • I'm trying to use the same word the OP has in order to demonstrate the difference. But, the usage you have suggested indeed sounds better. –  Jan 21 '15 at 06:15
  • Thanks both of you.... then "The Supreme Court is concerned with India's sex ratio" is in Passive voice right or in active only. Please let me know –  Jan 21 '15 at 06:42
  • Both are active. –  Jan 21 '15 at 09:13
  • The fact whether 'concern' can be used in the passive voice is a question in itself. –  Jan 21 '15 at 09:20
  • could you please give an example? – Charmi Sapariya Jan 21 '15 at 11:14
  • India's sex ratio concerns the Supreme Court. – akashg Jan 21 '15 at 11:19
  • Akash, as here CopperKettle used "concerned" instead of "concern" that is why i am confused. Sorry for asking, however i want to clarify my doubts that is why.. Or he used "concerned" as an adjective instead of verb. – Charmi Sapariya Jan 21 '15 at 12:34
  • -1 The first line in this answer is *not* a "sentence" at all - it's just a noun phrase, as often used in headlines (with non-standard/non-existent grammar). – FumbleFingers Jan 21 '15 at 14:43
  • In case you havent noticed, this is what I have mentioned. – akashg Jan 21 '15 at 14:44
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Rather than conjecture whether your examples are headlines, let me just say that neither one is a sentence. Period. So one cannot determine what wording would be better.

Neither is even close to being correct grammatically, so it cannot be parsed for semantics.

Brian Hitchcock
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