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to those it may concern

to those it may concern prepositional phrase: synonym of to whom it may concern, used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom (compare the use of of which for persons: “10 people, 3 of which were married”, instead of “3 of whom”.).

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of to whom it may concern, used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom (compare the use of of which for persons: “10 people, 3 of which were married”, instead of “3 of whom”.)
    Synonyms:
    to whom it may concern, used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom

Synonyms of to those it may concern

Questions about to those it may concern

What does to those it may concern mean?
To those it may concern means synonym of to whom it may concern, used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom (compare the use of of which for persons: “10 people, 3 of which were married”, instead of “3 of whom”.).
What part of speech is to those it may concern?
To those it may concern is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to those it may concern in the dictionary

  1. to thine own self be true
  2. to think that
  3. to this day
  4. to this effect
  5. to this end
  6. to those it may concern
  7. to time
  8. to top it off
  9. to wake the dead
  10. to what do I owe the pleasure
  11. to what end

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