5 exercises — practise scoping technical discussion with "as far as ... is concerned".
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Which sentence correctly forms "as far as ... is concerned" to narrow a discussion to one specific aspect of a system?
"As far as security is concerned, the new gateway closes the previous CVE" correctly forms the fixed topic-marking phrase: "as far as" + topic + "is concerned", using the past participle "concerned" with the auxiliary "is". Option B incorrectly uses the noun "concern" instead of the participle "concerned". Option C is missing the required "as" after "far". Option D is missing the required auxiliary "is" before "concerned".
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Which sentence correctly uses the plural auxiliary form when the topic is a plural noun?
"As far as build times are concerned, the new caching layer cut them in half" is correct: the auxiliary agrees with the plural topic "build times", using "are" rather than "is". Option B incorrectly uses the singular "is" with a plural topic. Option C incorrectly uses the noun "concern" instead of the participle "concerned". Option D is missing the required "as" after "far".
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes the topic-marking use of "as far as ... is concerned" from the separate, unrelated phrase "as far as I know"?
"As far as I know, the rollback finished cleanly; as far as monitoring is concerned, no alerts fired afterward" correctly keeps the two fixed phrases separate: "as far as I know" hedges the speaker's certainty, while "as far as monitoring is concerned" marks the topic being discussed, each with its own correct internal grammar. Options B, C, and D all scramble the two distinct phrases together into ungrammatical hybrids.
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Which sentence correctly places "as far as ... is concerned" mid-sentence, after the main clause, rather than at the start?
"The migration is low-risk, as far as data loss is concerned" is correct: the full phrase, including the auxiliary "is", can be placed after the main clause to add a scope-limiting comment. Option B drops the auxiliary "is" before "concerned". Option C is missing the required "as" after "far". Option D incorrectly uses the noun "concern" instead of the participle "concerned".
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Which sentence correctly uses "as far as ... is concerned" to contrast two different aspects of the same feature?
"As far as usability is concerned, the new UI is a clear win, but as far as performance is concerned, it is noticeably slower" correctly repeats the full, correctly formed phrase for each contrasted aspect. Option B is missing "as" after "far" in both instances. Option C is missing the auxiliary "is" before "concerned" in both instances. Option D incorrectly uses the noun "concern" instead of the participle "concerned" in both instances.