The phrase "about the grain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing topics related to grain, such as agriculture, food production, or nutrition.
Example: "The report provides detailed information about the grain used in our products and its nutritional benefits."
Alternatives: "regarding the grain" or "concerning the grain".
Sometimes we forget about the grain bins and possible pests!
Read more about the grain experiment in the March/April 2011 issue of What's Cropping Up.
Whatever its genetic code might say about the grain that it's made from, man does not live by bread alone.
Parables were interesting to me - I'd rather hear about the grain of mustard or the talents than hear about this guy who walked on water.
EBSD measurements together with an assumption about the grain boundary plane orientation were used for the determination of the five macroscopic degrees of freedom of the grain boundaries.
She originally considered making it in acrylic or bent wood, she said, but settled on plywood, because "you can cut out any shape and not worry about the grain".
Brown after all is the fellow who, upon reading a long ago book idea of mine called Outriders, about against-the-grain folks I've known, said he liked it fine.
Maybe we need to rephrase that question: what is it about the grain-based staples most of us are eating that could be causing population-wide digestive difficulties?
There was no room for disagreement, however, about the grains of sand that marred another dish, grilled sea scallops.
The recipes call for 2 to 3 ounces of protein per serving, as this dish is really about the grains and vegetables.
The study of atomic-level structure of GBs has been greatly encouraged by the use of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy from which detailed information about the grain-boundary microtopography, defects, and local atomic arrangement can be obtained.
