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The phrase "are often talked" is not correct in standard English; it should be "are often talked about." You can use it when discussing topics or subjects that are frequently mentioned or discussed in conversation.
Example: "Environmental issues are often talked about in the media, highlighting the need for awareness and action."
Alternatives: "are frequently discussed" or "are commonly mentioned."
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Landscapes are often talked about in terms of possessing a "genius loci," and the same can surely be said of theaters.
Those with Alzheimer's themselves, meanwhile, are often talked of as if they've already slipped the bonds of humanity: they're ex-persons.
Cyber-criminals The often under-estimated part of hacking and internet security is cyber-criminals — they account for most malicious activity on the internet, but are often talked about and worried about a lot less.
The 1950s are often talked about as if they held nothing much for women but typing, cooking and looking after children, when in fact they were an era of enormous progress for career women – British women anyway.
The more ambitious schemes are often talked up as successors to the model villages of the 19th and early 20th centuries that were built by rich philanthropists: George Cadbury's Bourneville, Titus Salt's Saltaire, William Lever's Port Sunlight.
In regard to lobbyists in Washington, D.C., in newspapers and other popular writings, they are often talked about in connection with the terms "K Street" and "Gucci gulch," as it is on K Street that many of the contract lobbying firms are located, and the corridors in the Capitol where lobbyists congregate have been nicknamed for the expensive shoes and garments they often wear.
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When people bellow abuse, they are often talking about themselves.
We are often talking at cross-purposes.
These days, people are often talking more about television than they are about movies.
When people speak of "independence" they are often talking about "being in control," which may be a reaction from feeling victim to someone else's command.
He was often talked of as "Latin America's Keynes", though the resemblance was only partial.
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