The phrase "about the encouraging" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts discussing topics related to encouragement, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The discussion was about the encouraging feedback we received from our clients."
Alternatives: "regarding the positive" or "concerning the supportive".
Mr. Rove said he alerted Governor Bush about the encouraging exit polls this afternoon and then called his father.
But he said he also had grateful thoughts about the encouraging letters he had received "from random strangers" across the country who had read about his case.
He is cautious about the encouraging of small gestures at the expense of the bigger picture (environmentally friendly light bulbs must not be seen as an end in themselves).
Your Sept. 28 news article about the encouraging cultural progress in downtown Brooklyn understates the potential of the arts there by not mentioning the roles that nearby campuses play as providers of audiences, performers and artists.
We recently wrote about the encouraging reports we received from beta testers of PubCenter, which is a a self serve third party ad publishers platform similar to AdSense and Publisher Network.
Then think about the encouraging words your mother would say to you about going on and having a happy life.
Some Dutch politicians have moved to tighten these controls in response to worries about the approach encouraging drug tourism.
Aesthetics aside, the bike lanes are about urban livability and about encouraging the sort of street culture that, as Jacobs reminded us, a healthy and democratic city depends on.
I hadn't intended on reading it this way, but something about the stories encourages it.
This was conveyed in the following statement: Both of the doctors that I've seen have been really great about... encouraging the father to come to, or whoever, a parent or a friend to come.
The master plan is as much about encouraging the next anthropocentric wave in Weimar as about showcasing its glorious past.That makes the debate over where to put the new museum an acute one.
