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discussed about vs discussed

The correct phrase is "discussed." Using "discussed about" is considered incorrect in standard English. The word "discussed" already implies the act of talking about something, so adding "about" is redundant.

Last updated: April 09, 2024 • 333 views

discussed about

This construction is not correct in standard English.

The correct form is simply "discussed." It already includes the idea of talking about something, so there is no need to add "about."
  • In the first part we discussed about planning.
  • In a previous post we discussed about translation and localization.
  • 36 members discussed about the proceedings of the activities, including the monitoring of bears in Slovenia and Croatia, project communication plan and population-level database.
  • There was a lot of participants at the event as well as the sponsors of it who discussed about the challenges and the development opportunities of eCommerce in Italy during the whole morning of Thursday, October 25.
  • As we have already discussed about Root Directory in earlier chapters that there is the information of 32 Bytes for each file or directory.
  • Over the last 50 years much has been discussed about the perils of sleep-deprived truck drivers, tired individual drivers and drivers not paying attention.
  • The technology developers also discussed about the system specifications, the market requirements and the following tasks to carry out.
  • Although VINBOT is under the first steps of development, the all-terrain has run through the vineyard without major problems. The technology developers also discussed about the system specifications, the market requirements and the following tasks to carry out.
  • The team has also discussed about the release management (deciding to use 3.4.x version as long term stable release and 4.x as developer version) and has defined its future goals.
  • We discussed about the data wiping programs which wipe the data of unallocated space of the disk or wipe the entire disk.
  • We have discussed about machine translators many times in this blog.
  • Including everything we discussed about the Jordan Valley.
  • Previously we have discussed about planning, prioritizing and skipping unnecessary costs.
  • Dotta represented by Brigitte Bermond, and other directors of Monaco companies discussed about co...
  • For nine days we photographed, looked at photographs and discussed about photography.
  • I recently discussed about Amarone with a friend of mine.
  • Hundreds of us met in Venice during Global Meeting. We discussed about Europe, movements and autonomous conflicts.
  • Specialists discussed about this revolution in gynecological field in Bari during a conference entitled New laser technology for the gynecologist.
  • It was discussed about the photo ban would only apply to living beings who wore a ruh (spirit or soul).
  • The Committee discussed about the terms of reference for the future working group on eyesight and its composition.

Alternatives:

  • discussed
  • talked about
  • conversed about
  • chatted about
  • debated

discussed

This is the correct form in standard English.

Use "discussed" when referring to having a conversation or talking about a particular topic. It is a complete and correct verb on its own.

Examples:

  • We discussed the project during the meeting.
  • They discussed the issue at length.
  • Let's discuss the plan for next week.
  • She wants to discuss the proposal with you.
  • The team will discuss the budget tomorrow.
  • Your husband should have discussed that matterwith the doctor.
  • So he discussed with his colleagues an exit strategy.
  • Your exploits at Bodmin jail were much discussed.
  • This morning we discussed employment during the poverty debate.
  • The rules were discussed in private session.
  • But the amounts we discussed interest me.
  • Tell me everything you two discussed.
  • Possible two-state solutions have been discussed by Saudi and US leaders.
  • Jensen and Herrnstein's articles were widely discussed.
  • Accession of Ukraine has also been discussed.
  • Trade and energy issues were also discussed.
  • This example was discussed in the motivation section above.
  • Castrillón expressed reservations about proposals discussed by the bishops.
  • We discussed what the message meant.
  • It was already briefly discussed in an earlier section.
  • Cooperation on trade, economic relations, agriculture and tourism were discussed.
  • PID is the process ID discussed earlier.
  • Camera and accessories are discussed here.
  • The solution is discussed with patient.
  • Prevents heart disease (item discussed later).

Alternatives:

  • talked about
  • conversed about
  • chatted about
  • debated

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